making for a good but not a great live release
given the breadth of their work
"Edge of Seventeen" and the Tom Petty duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Gibbard's words screen intriguing mini-films of the mind
Nightingales leader Robert Lloyd is unique among the class of 76 in never having released a bad record
WIVES So Removed (LIMITED EDITION TRANSLUCENT MAGENTA VINYL) 7" Pink Vinyl making for a good butTheres a gap between what we want and what we get. WIVES doesnt know how to reconcile this, and they dont try to give you the answer; instead, So Removed plunges into that void of unknown, a tangle of contemporary dread and optimism, mapping the gray areas of alienation. The Queens, NY four piece is the latest fit into a long lineage of New Yorks gritty, melodic meets punk. Their incisive debut, So Removed, is hook driven, grungy dark wave, tethered