v/a- TYPICAL GIRLS Vol. 5 LP doom ’ it’s hard to tell

’ it’s hard to tell whether one’s listening to an artifact from 1971 or one of the myriad collectives that rose from the ashes of freak-folk over 2009 … Pastor Barrett’s definitely a master composer who deserves wider recognition and study

in the suburbs in the dead of night -- is reflected in the simple

these tracks traverse the border between the power pop of the times and a late-night coke jam

Greg Coates on upright bass

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