The Radar Bros.' second album The Singing Hatchet delivers more of their quietly quixotic, psychedelically rootsy songs, which roll along like tumbleweeds: shambling and seemingly fragile, yet surprisingly strong. Crackling static, solemn pianos, doleful mellotrons, and chiming guitars support the rambling, almost weightless melodies of songs like "Shifty Lies," "You've Been Hired," and "Tar the Roofs" and the clean production shows off the songs' expressive arrangements -- {&"Shoveling Sons...   [ read more ]

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This LA trio returns with their fourth full-length and first since 2002's And The Surrounding Mountains. For the past ten years, The Radar Bros. have delivered beautifully crafted sparse desert pop calling to mind influences as varied as Pink Floyd, The Byrds, and The Beach Boys. The Fallen Leaf Pages is thirteen songs of gorgeously lush, vaguely melancholic 'slowcore'. With bassist Senon Williams and drummer Steve Goodfriend, Putnam's compositions have grown into organic living entities on which these 'br...   [ read more ]

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On the Radar Brothers' third release, And the Surrounding Mountains, the Los Angeles trio -- Jim Putnam (vocals/guitar), Steve Goodfriend (drums), Senon Gaius Williams (bass) -- retains the guitar strummed, slow dirges that earned the band a slo-core tag. But And the Surrounding Mountains is a stunning collection of songs that build on that slo-core reputation literally. Keyboards, electric guitar and vocals are layered throughout as each song escalates to a peak and a final denoument.

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