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I Blew It: Dean Wells New Project, The Astounds

September 21, 2016 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Dean Wells writes jams. He wrote jams as Capstan Shafts and Rare High, among others, but now he’s working under the name, The Astounds. The group quietly released their self-titled LP earlier this year and I completely had no idea! But, now that I’ve found it, and see it’s streaming, I’m going to play the shit out of it all day long…I hope you do. It combines bits of lo-fi with classic guitar pop, and always leaves you with memorable hooks you won’t be able to pull away from. Seems like the perfect way to spend this Hump Day…join me?

<a href="http://theastounds.bandcamp.com/album/the-astounds">the astounds by the astounds</a>

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Give Tom Greenwood a Listen

June 2, 2016 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

This track from Tom Greenwood came in a bit ago, and I’ve really taken a liking to the tune. There’s layers of synth working quietly to give the track a backbone, but the core of the song reminds me a lot of something I’d expect Albert Hammond Jr to pull off in his mellower moments. Tom’s been working through demos to collect the songs he loves the most, compiling and fleshing them out via his iPhone as he works on batches of songs at a time. Sometimes you just connect with a song, and I was feeling this one, so felt it best to share with you.

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