The Mock Turtles - Pomona EP (Imaginary)

Sounds a bit like Eighties hippies to me. All big violins and big production with effete little acoustic bits running underneath, giving way to a screamy guitar solo in the middle eight. Vocally it leans towards Bowie in his finer moments, but the Mock Turtles at least know a tune when it hits them so they're excused on those grounds. (Nancy Culp, Record Mirror, August 8, 1987)

Mirrors Over Kiev - Take Me Down (Imaginary)

The sort of thing industry types muse over and pronounce 'a nice little pop single'. Very perky, infectious without being nauseatingly so, well sung, well played and eminently listenable all round. One hundred percent smugness-free. If only The Housemartins made records like this. (Lesley O'Toole, Record Mirror, November 7, 1987)