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Red White and Country Blues

In honor of Independence Day, Fourth of July, here is a new Red White and Blue article. See also Colors.

HANSON: Red Green Blue Read More Hanson Brothers band Hanson recently released their new Christmas album Finally It’s Christmas (available on 3CG/S-Curve Records). …

HANSON
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Trio brothers Hanson (Taylor, Isaac, and Zac Hanson) finally released their Red Green Blue album. The album compiles three solo-led projects from each of the brothers and marks the band’s milestone 30th anniversary.

Red is Taylor’s songs, Green is Isaac’s songs, and finally Blue is Zac’s songs.

There will also be a massive Global tour from the trio, listed below are the North American dates:

JULY
12 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
14 – New Orleans, LA – The Joy Theater
15 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
16 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
17 – St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
19 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theater
20 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
22 – Richmond, VA – The National
23 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Palace Theatre (Sold Out)
28 – Albany NY – Empire Live
29 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
30 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
31 – New York, NY – The Beacon Theatre

AUGUST
2 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
3 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
5 – Elizabeth, IN – Caesar's Event Center #
6 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre #
7 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre #
9 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe Live #
10 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre #
12 – St Louis, MO – The Pageant #
13 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom #
14 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee #
16 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre #
18 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Cove at Harrah’s #
19 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore Minneapolis #
20 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Brewing Company Outdoors#
21 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theater +
23 – Calgary, AB – The Palace Theatre +
24 – Edmonton AB – Midway +
26 – Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre +
27 – Seattle, WA – The Moore +
28 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom +
30 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore +
31 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues +

SEPTEMBER
2 – Los Angeles, CA – Ace Theatre +
3 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay +
4 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren +
6 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl +
7 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot +
9 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre +
10 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theatre +
11 – Wichita, KS – Cotillion Ballroom +
13 – Austin, TX – Emo’s +
14 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues +

# Allen Mack Myers Moore supporting
+ Zillaz supporting

Hank Williams, Jr.: Rich White Honky Blues Read More Hank Williams Hank Williams Yep, this week's theme is country music. Whenever I meet people and I ask what type of music they're into, I can tell you 90% of them will answer vaguely …

HANK WILLIAMS JR
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Rich White Honky Blues (Easy Eye Sound) is the new album from 72-year-old legend Hank Williams Jr.. Already the album is #1 on the Current Country, Americana/Folk and Blues Albums charts, along with reaching #2 on the Current Rock and Record Label Independent Current Albums charts. This shouldn’t surprise anyone, as the songwriter have sold over 70 million albums worldwide, including 6 Platinum albums and 20 Gold albums.

Rich White Honky Blues Track List

1. .44 Special Blues
2. Georgia Women
3. My Starter Won’t Start
4. Take Out Some Insurance
5. Rich White Honky Blues
6. Short Haired Woman
7. Fireman Ring The Bell
8. Rock Me Baby
9. I Like It When It’s Stormy
10. Call Me Thunderhead
11. TV Mama
12. Jesus, Won’t You Come By Here

Blue Cactus: Golden Age Read More Blue Cactus North Carolina duo, Blue Cactus (Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez) recently announced their sophomore album Stranger Again. The record will be out May 7, 2021, on Sleepy Cat Records. …

BLUE CACTUS
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North Carolina country duo Blue Cactus (Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez) recently covered Beck’s “The Golden Age” as part of Sleepy Cat Records’ upcoming compilation Cruisin’.

Currently, the band is on tour in support of their sophomore album, Stranger Again.

Tour Dates:

7.07 Saluda, NC @ The Purple Onion
7.08 Asheville, NC @ Duck Pond Pottery Concerts
7.09 Chattanooga, TN @ The Woodshop Listening Room
7.10 Crossville, TN @ Byrds Creek Music Festival
7.14 Brevard, NC @ 185 King Street^
7.15 Banner Elk, NC @ Music in the Valle^
7.16 Nashville, TN @ Cornelia Fort Pickin Party^
7.22 Athens, GA @ Flicker Theatre
7.29 Harrisonburg, VA @ Palefire Brewing
7.30 Alexandria, VA @ Sevareid House
8.04 Greensboro, NC @ The Carolina Theatre^
8.05 Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle Back Room^
8.06 Aberdeen, NC @ The Neon Rooster
8.11 Philadelphia, PA @ Dawson Street Pub
8.12 NY, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
8.13 Bristol, CT @ Acousticool
8.15 Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim
8.16 Williamstown, MA @ house show
8.17 Newmarket, NH @ Stone Church
8.19 Moorestown, NJ @ Moorestown Theatre
9.02-03 Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival^
9.30 Oriental, NC @ Front Porch Fest
10.7 Charlottesville, VA @ The Front Porch

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Red, Gray, and Blue

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Read More Girl in Red Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven, or better known as her stagename Girl in Red (stylized as girl in red) will be doing a North American tour in 2022. The girl in red North American tour is selling quickly with several shows …

03/28/2022 Monday

girl in red
with Holly Humberstone
at First Avenue
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We first talked about Girl in Red (stylized as girl in red) in April 2019 and July 2019. We mentioned about the Norwegian singer-songwriter selling out her entire North American tour in 2022. Well, guess those dates are coming up in March… so if you have a ticket, you’re one of the lucky ones.

girl in red will headline First Avenue on Mar 28, with Holly Humberstone to open.

North American Tour Dates:

03/07/22 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
03/08/22 - Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
03/09/22 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
03/11/22 - Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club
03/12/22 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live!
03/14/22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
03/15/22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
03/16/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
03/18/22 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
03/19/22 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
03/20/22 - Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
03/22/22 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre
03/23/22 - Columbus, OH @ EXPRESS LIVE!
03/24/22 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
03/25/22 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
03/27/22 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
03/28/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
03/29/22 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
03/31/22 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s
04/01/22 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
04/02/22 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
04/03/22 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
04/05/22 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
04/06/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Rockwell
04/08/22 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
04/09/22 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
04/11/22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
04/12/22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom

03/08/2022 Tuesday

Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses
with BlackGuyFawkes
at 7th St Entry
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Former BoySetsFire frontsman Nathan Gray is returning with his new album Rebel Songs. He’s even got a new band called The Iron Roses, which this upcoming show at the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, is billed under Nathan Gray & The Iron Roses.

Black Guy Fawkes set to open. If you are a fan of Alan Moore’s V, you’ll know that V wears a Guy Fawkes mask. I’m hoping Black Guy Fawkes wears the mask on stage.

Tour dates:

2/25 - Providence, RI @ Askew
2/26 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens
3/01 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Funhouse
3/02 - Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing Co.
3/03 - Knoxville, TN @ Brickyard Bar and Grill
3/04 - Memphis, TN @ Growlers
3/05 - St Louis, MO @ Red Flag
3/06 - Bloomington, IL @ Nightshop
3/07 - Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
3/08 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
3/09 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
3/10 - Hamtramck, MI @ Small's
3/11 - Cincinnati, OH @ Legends Bar
3/12 - Columbus, OH @ Spacebar
3/13 - Nashville, TN @ Springwater
3/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Boggs
3/15 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel
3/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory
3/17 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
3/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Milk Boy

02/20/2022 Monday

Greensky Bluegrass
with the Infamous Stringdusters
at Palace Theatre
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Kalamazoo’s Greensky Bluegrass is currently on tour in support of Stress Dreams (Thirty Tigers).

The band is bringing along The Infamous Stringdusters on this tour.

Tour dates:

Jan 20 @ The Palace Theatre | Albany, NY
Jan 21 @ The Met Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA
Jan 22 @ The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY
Jan 26 @ Flynn Theatre | Burlington, VT
Jan 27 @ The State Theatre | Portland, ME
Jan 28-29 @ House of Blues | Boston, MA
Feb 2 @ Stage AE | Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 3 @ Agora Theatre & Ballroom | Cleveland, OH
Feb 4-5 @ The Anthem | Washington, DC
Feb 17 @ The Pavilion at Pan AM | Indianapolis, IN
Feb 18 @ Fillmore Detroit | Detroit, MI
Feb 19 @ Riverside Theatre | Milwaukee, WI
Feb 20 @ The Palace | St. Paul, MN
Feb 23 @ Old Forester’s Paristown | Louisville, KY
Feb 24 @ Iron City | Birmingham, AL
Feb 25-26 @ The Tabernacle | Atlanta, GA

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Colors: City and Colour, Puma Blue, Black Midi, Opus Orange, Purple Disco Machine

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Read More City and Colour City and Colour played a sold-out show at First Avenue on Saturday night in support of his latest album If I Should Go Before You (Dine Alone Records). ...

CITY AND COLOUR
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Singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green is returning to the road under his stagename/band City and Colour.

Dallas wrote, “As I write this, it has been 545 days since I last stood on stage and sang for a crowd. 545 days since my touring family has had work. 545 days since our livelihood disappeared. We can’t wait to get back out on the road - the place where most of us have spent the majority of our adult lives, a place we all miss dearly. Everyone is working incredibly hard to bring live music back. That being said, the world we are returning to isn’t exactly what it used to be (at least for now). Therefore; to ensure the safety of EVERYONE involved, our shows will require proof of FULL COVID-19 vaccination or proof of a negative COVID-19 test result to gain entry to all 2021 City and Colour concerts. This requirement applies to all venue staff, tour personnel and ticket holders.”

US/Canada Tour

September 7 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
September 8 - Austin, TX - The Paramount Theatre *
September 9 - Houston, TX - House of Blues *
September 11 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theater *
September 13 - Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre #
September 14 - San Diego, CA - The Balboa Theatre #
September 15 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory #
September 17 - Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum Theatre #
September 18 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre #
September 20 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre #
September 22 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #
September 25 - Boulder, CO - Bluebird Music Festival
September 26 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown #
September 27 - Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall #
September 28 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore #
October 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre %
October 13 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre %
October 15 - New York, NY - The Town Hall %
October 16 - New York, NY - The Town Hall %
October 17 - Philadelphia, PA – Keswick Theatre %
October 18 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Centre for the Arts %
October 20 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre %
October 22 - Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center ^
October 23 – Boston, MA – The Orpheum Theatre ^
October 24 - Portland, ME - State Theatre ^
October 26 - Ithaca, NY - State Theatre of Ithaca ^
December 01 - Minneapolis , MN - Fitzgerald Theatre @
December 02 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom @

* Nuevo
# Dizzy
% Katie Pruitt
^ Ruby Waters
@ Lucie Silvas

Read More Puma Blue South London’s Puma Blue released A Late Night Special Live EP on Blue Flowers. The six-track EP came from their concert film “A Late Night Special”. The live EP should give you an idea of what it is like to see Puma ...

PUMA BLUE
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Jacob Allen pka Puma Blue released his debut LP, In Praise of Shadows earlier this year. The ex-London musician moved to Atlanta, GA, and is expecting to head back on tour (his first full tours since the album was released).

Joined by his live band, Puma Blue will trek North America this November, before returning to Europe in February 2022.

USA Tour Dates

11/04 - Santa Ana CA - Constellation Room
11/05 - Los Angeles CA - El Rey Theatre
11/06 - San Francisco CA - The Independent
11/08 - Portland OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11/09 - Seattle WA - The Vera Project
11/12 - Minneapolis MN - Fine Line
11/13 - Chicago IL - Lincoln Hall
11/14 - Detroit MI - El Club
11/16 - Toronto ON - Horseshoe Tavern
11/18 - Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/19 - Philadelphia PA - Johnny Brenda's
11/20 - Washington DC - Miracle Theatre
11/22 - Nashville TN - Mercy Lounge
11/23- Atlanta GA - The Masquerade (Purgatory)

BLACK MIDI
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Britain’s Black Midi (stylized as black midi) released their album Cavalcade on Rough Trade.

The band will be heading to the USA for a tour, so be sure to catch them this Rocktober and find out why The Times called them “the most exciting band”.

They are stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on October 11th . No opening band is listed as of this writing.

Tour Dates

10/04 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music
10/05 - Sonoma, CA @ Sebastiani Theater
10/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
10/08 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/09 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet's
10/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
10/12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
10/14 - Lakewood, OH @ Mahall's
10/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit
10/16 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby's
10/18 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/19 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
10/21 - Baltimore, MD @ Union Brewery
10/23 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern
10/26 - Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
10/27 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic
10/29 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Levitation)
10/30 - Houston, TX @ The Secret Group

OPUS ORANGE opusorange.com Santa Monica’s Opus Orange (aka Paul Bessenbacher) recently released his album Object Lessons. Bessenbacher is somewhat of a child prodigy, making music since he was 8, and appearing in documentaries and films by Catherine Hardwicke, Brin Hill, and Ric Serena.

PURPLE DISCO MACHINE purplediscomachine German’s Purple Disco Machine recently released new single “Dopamine feat. Eyelar”… taken from his forthcoming sophomore album Exotica ( due for release on October 15th, 2021). Eyelar is London based, Dutch born singer/songwriter, who had previously teamed up with Demi Lovato, Little Mix, Charli XCX, etc.

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True Colors

Read More Colouring The three-band-bill began with a brief set from London’s Colouring, who has a new digital single, ‘Heathen’, due on an upcoming EP (Interscope Records) as follow up to last year’s Symmetry. …

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COLOURING
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Remember the band Colouring we saw last year with The 1975 ?

After the month-long North American tour, the London band found themselves opening for the popular LANY (Los Angeles/New York) back in the UK.

Recently, the group (Jack Kenworthy, Alex, Dom, and Sean) announced that they will be playing the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen in London, on March 21st, and the Soup Kitchen in Manchester on March 22nd, 2018.

Tour dates:

Mar21 London Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Mar22 Manchester, Soup Kitchen

AMARIS
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Switzerland’s Ámaris (aka Amaris Wenceslas) is a Dutch producer, singer, author and actress grew up and is currently based in Zurich.

Last year, she released Neon Colors album, along with The Hollow, under her EDM project Geiko.

ST. BEAUTY stbeautyband.com Atlanta duo St. Beauty (Alexe Belle and Isis Valentino) recently appeared on On the Rundown with Robin Thede to perform “Colors” in NYC’s flower district as part of The Rundown’s pop-up concert series. Watch the video here: bet.com. TEE GRIZZLEY teegrizzleymusic.com Detroit breakout star Tee Grizzley recently released his new song and single for “Colors”. Tee’s debut song “First Day out” had gone RIAA Platinum-certified, with over 540 million streams. He co-signs from Jay-Z and LeBron James, his acclaimed debut project My Moment and recently-released collaborative mixtape Bloodas with Lil Durk.

HOLLYWOOD PRINCIPLE hollywoodprinciple.com San Diego-based trio, Hollywood Principle released their Colors EP last December. Vocalist, Kayla Hope and producers Mike Ault and Elliott Sencan are known as a featured artist in the popular video game, Rocket League. The reason why they settled on the name “Colors” is because they talking about, “how it was different shades of music we all enjoyed, and eventually we landed on the moniker ‘Colors’. We felt that it represented the body of work well.” COLORS colors-studios.com Colors is a studio based in Germany. Their latest video is for South London rapper Flohio (aka Funmi Ohiosumah), showcasing her new single “Bands”. The video, shot as a live session in Berlin, and shows off her fast rhyming abilities.

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White

White Mystery: Power Glove

WHITE MYSTERY
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White Mystery is a red-headed brother/sister duo from Chicago. They announced that they have a new album called Blood & Venom, to be released April 20^th, but what I have for review is their debut self-titled debut, released last year.

I have to say, based on hearing their album, I hope they are just as lively and fun when they play live. I just get that impression from hearing the raw energy on the record. I just hope that people don't dismiss White Mystery as a copy of The White Stripes, another 'white'/red band with the White family of "husband"/"wife" team of guitars and drums, because I'll admit the similarities are there.

Most of the self-titled features sister Alex on vocals, but brother Francis sometimes does backup (see "Overwhelmed", "White Widow", "Aaron", and "Switch It Off") and even sings a section on "Don't Hold My Hand". Like garage punk bands, their songs are kept really short, most songs runs under three minutes, but that's okay, considering these high-voltage songs pack a lot in.

The next time they're in Minneapolis, I'll definitely be there to see them. In the meantime, here are their tour dates:

Feb 14 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
Mar 7 - White Lightening Wherehouse - Iowa City, IA
Mar 8 - Barley Street Tavern - Omaha, NE
Mar 9 - The Brick - Kansas City, MO
Mar 11 - Goner Records Store - Memphis, TN
Mar 16 - Trailer Space - Austin, TX
Mar 18 - Trailer Space - Austin, TX
Mar 19 - Beerland - Austin, TX
Mar 25 - The Double Door - Chicago, IL
Apr 15 - The Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
Apr 16 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA
Apr 20 - Pancho's - Chicago, IL - Blood & Venom Release Show

White Laces: Motorik Twilight

WHITE LACES
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Described as "angular spirit warriors", this band released their debut White Laces EP on January 18^th (although I did read that they have put together a few cassette releases).

I'll be completely honest here, I was not all that impressed with the production work on the EP. Vocals sounds muddy, and music sounds very distant. Production aside, this is standard garage rock, maybe a little influenced by UK shoegaze bands.

Best song on the EP is "Sick of Summer" (mostly for the drum buildup towards the end) and "Psykick Healing" (for the guitar work), but, overall, the band sounds very young, this may be a good thing as they can only grow from here. They are playing at SXSW this year, which I'll be attending - so perhaps I'll tell a different story if I see them live.

Upcoming Dates:

Feb 19 Bruar Falls Brooklyn NY (with Sweet Bulbs, Young Adults, and Arches)
Mar 05 Shea Stadium Brooklyn NY (with Big Troubles and Alex Bleeker and The Freaks)
Mar 09 Strange Matter Richmond VA (with Dinosaur Feathers and Motel Motel)
Mar 16-20 SXSW Austin TX
Mar 24 Strange Matter Richmond VA (with Cults, Sun Airway, Asobi Seksu)
Apr 15 The Bazaar Roanoke VA

They free song they are offering for you to download is "Motorik Twilight", which has a meaningless 30 second buildup until the hook kicks in.

WHITE FENCE
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If anything, White Fence's album, ...Is Growing Faith (released January 10^th) does an amazing job at reproducing that jangley sixties sound, so much ... that you wonder what Tim Presley is doing in the 21st century. I believe this is his second album under the White Fence name, the debut was a self-titled released in 2010. I'm not sure why the name change, considering that Presley have made a name for himself with his 60s pyschedelia inspired band, Darker My Love.

I really like the intro song, "And By Always", which sounds like a woman is singing on this reverse guitar playing song. I also like it when Presley focus more on lyrics and minimal acoustics, in particular "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory".

Most of the album plays pretty straight album, except for "The Mexican Twins/Life is...Too $hort". This isn't so much a song, more like ranting poetry for the first part, followed by the "Life is too short" portion.

If you like sixties pop rock, with lots of heady lyrics, you'll love White Fence. You can find out details about obtaining the album through White Fence's record label, Woodist Records.

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