The Dream Syndicate - The Universe InsideWhen one thinks of the Dream Syndicate, its not just the wild abandon with which singer guitarist Steve Wynn, drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, and lead guitarist Jason Victor perform its the carefully constructed songwriting of Wynn that comes to mind. By now every rock critic in the country has predetermined who he or she feels Wynn reminds them of and what they think of that style of songs. This time, dont! Which brings us to The Universe

RIYL: Vanilla Fudge

 was recorded with a band comprising revered UK musicians Fred Frith and Chris Cutler

" an instrumental cumbia composed by Fachín

‰ÛÏsweet melodies‰۝ paired with ‰ÛÏbummer vibes

playing her further adventures in different pastures

the other half created using analogue sequencers with random voltage sources

It was a young singer from Tarafal

predicting that her son would marry a strawberry blonde woman

sharp and outward-looking young men from a part of the world that has had more than it's share and pain and conflict in recent years

Some tunes even feel like ancient BEACH BOYS compositions and Brian Wilson creations played by a then contemporary electronic pop act and sung in Japanese

but begs the mind

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