Victory Park

"The best female guitarist this side of the Atlantic." -Robert Christgau. This long, LONG awaited new album from Louisville/NYC rockers shows them as energetic as ever -- with a sharpened focus on melody, harmony, and instrument tone on their seventh LP. Still capable of scalping the unsuspecting, they've spent the intervening years nurturing a subtlety that plays itself out over repeated listening while still offering the immediate feedback of a swift kick in the ass. Produced by Tara Jane O’Neil and featuring a guest appearance by Ira Kaplan (YO LA TENGO). "Tara Key is the feeling person’s guitar hero – capable of tearing fist-sized chunks from your soul with every ecstatic rush of notes – and it’s utterly baffling that her face doesn’t adorn the back of denim jackets around the land. It’s been a while since she and breath-stealing partners Tim Harris and Josh Madell hit a stage in these parts, so you can bet the pent-up energy alone will blow the doors off their home stage." -Village Voice