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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Nestled somewhere in between the sound of Cursive and The Pretenders lies the NY/Philly quartet, The Flesh, who kick off a 3 night stand here in Los Angeles tonight at Spaceland, followed by Safari Sam’s on Tuesday and Boardner’s on Wednesday.
The Flesh just saw the release of their second full length album, Firetower, an alluring set of artrock anthems that leave me feeling the same as I do about another young NY act, Nakatomi Plaza; not completely sold, but damn if I’m not intrigued. And I must admit, both band’s songs get stuck in my head, see The Flesh’s title track, “Firetower” (below), and Nakatomi Plaza’s “Not Hopeless” (mp3).
Download “Firetower” (mp3)
[audio:http://www.putontheflesh.com/firetower.mp3]
and “Truant” (mp3) from their new album Firetower out now on Gern Blandsten.
[audio:http://www.gernblandsten.com/mp3/The_Flesh-The_Truant.mp3]
Stream “Firetower” in it’s entirety here.
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