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Pomegranates
Everything Is Alive
This creative bunch out of Indiana recorded a fun collection of tunes in an old warehouse, which helped them achieve a sparse, sometimes fuzzy, sometimes sparse sound. According to the charming liner notes, they used some crazy old vintage equipment, including a Fender Bronco bass guitar stripped to its wood grain, a single pickup, and "strings that probably hadn’t been changed in 10 years." They actually conjure vibes as diverse as Pixies simple alt-pop and British Invasion circa mid-60s and even some of that chiming tube blues guitar tone that’s become so popular lately. Besides using various instruments and sounds to mix things up, multiple vocalists in the band allow for many different shades. [Lujo] Doug Van Pelt
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