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After a five year wait, the Canadian indie-rock band have returned with Blue Rev, one of the best records of the year. Their lead singer and guitarist reflects on perfectionism, Morrissey fandom and creating a sound that’s ‘strange and familiar’
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Lunchbox’s Tim Brown and Donna McKean have been making records in their Oakland, California basement for two decades inspired by 1960s/70s AM-radio pop and TV show theme music, punk, C86, and mod à la The Creation and The Magic of Sound ( Magic Marker Records,1999) to the dub-influenced psychedelia of Evolver ( Lunchbox Loves You ( Their new album for Slumberland Records, After School Special, finds them at the height of their powers of songcraft and performance. Donna’s bass playing stakes out stylistic territory somewhere between Carol Kaye and Orange Juice*-esque funk. Horns b...