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Album review: Secondhand Serenade brings more ballads with ‘Hear Me Now’
John Vesely, the man behind the ballads of Secondhand Serenade, returns as the same emotive musician with the album Hear Me Now.
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John Vesely, the man behind the ballads of Secondhand Serenade, returns as the same emotive musician with the album Hear Me Now.
California’s kings of summery rock anthems have released their third album just in time to beat the inevitable heat, and with Eureka the band have once again proven their ability to craft a timeless record collection of fun-in-the-sun jams.
Get ready for the most melancholy trip to Urban Outfitters ever.
The idea of a collaboration between The Shins frontman James Mercer and DJ Danger Mouse seemed a bit absurd at first.
The history of rock is full of “Eureka!” flashes of brilliance. Chuck Berry had the idea to fuse country with the blues. Bob Dylan took folk music electric. Nikki Sixx realized that the line “I’d say we’ve kicked some ass” could rhyme with “I’d say we’re still kickin’ ass.” For the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner, the big light bulb idea came in 2005: Get huge by thinking small. Write scrappy little Brit-punk tunes about the humdrum town you’re stuck in, the pissy little pubs you can’t get into, the local girls who aren’t desperate enough to dance with you. Give… Read more »
