A Panegyric for Prefab Sprout
Talk about a band for music obsessives: Prefab Sprout, formed in the late 70s by UK brothers Paddy and Martin McAloon, started out as a band with a kink for clever wordplay and acronyms, though the name of the band itself has no meaning. Their first single, “Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone),” is an acronym for Limoges, the town in France where Pad…