One of the most creative bands to come out of England in the post-punk explosion of the late 1970s, Squeeze’s quirky and propulsive pop music was equal parts insightful (and often humorous) lyrics and Beatle-esque melodicism.
In the United States, Squeeze was inevitably tagged “new wave” – a label slapped-on when DJs, critics and journalists used when they didn’t know how to describe something. Because of the band’s enormous cult of followers, they sold a few albums over here (Cool For Cats, Argy Bargy and East Side Story) but never got as big as many suspected they would.
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