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Lower Dens

Growing up in a very small town in Texas, I had to take musical shelter in the only place I could find it – a public radio station on the far left hand side of the dial called KNON.  It was the early 80’s and I remember hearing R.E.M., Sex Pistols, Joy Division and a ton more for the very first time and thinking “this is what it’s supposed to sign like.”

Fast-forward almost 30 years and I’m feeling like a kid again.  On their latest album Twin Hand Movement, Baltimore based Lower Dens deliver a raw and very powerful ode to a time of Alt-Rock and a spirit of adventurism.  80’s flavored for sure, this record is filled with longing, the search for redemption and the quest for fulfilled dreams and promises.

Lead singer Jana Hunter’s voice glides effortless across the muted tones of guitars and drums and lands perfectly in the heart of the unknown.  And these kids are content to stay there – In the perfect world of a “post-urban porthole.”