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By Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

Athens, Ga.'s Five-Eight gives free rein on Weirdo (Sky/Ichiban) to its quirkiness and sensitivity on songs like ''Behead Myself'' and shares an aesthetic stance with New York wiseacres Too Much Joy: Both are crunchy-guitar bands with a pop undertow and wackily iconoclastic worldview. But Five-Eight lacks the Joy boys' knack for super-catchy songs with fabulously witty lyrics. The result is fair-to-middling college rock. B-


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Posted Apr 29, 1994
 

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