XTC tended to operate under the radar for much of their recording career. Now and again, however, the British band would drop a picture-perfect pop song that would work its way out of the relative obscurity this perpetually underrated band endured. “Mayor of Simpleton” made just such a dent, becoming the band’s biggest “hit” in […]
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