Get ready to be swept away by an awe-inspiring lineup! On Friday, November 3rd, you’ll be treated to the soul-stirring sounds of Gilla Band, the avant-garde genius of Crack Cloud, the raw energy of PVA, and the unapologetic attitude of Special Interest, and the caustic synth-punk of the Serfs. On Saturday, November 4th, the fervour continues with the magnetic TR/ST, Tempers, the electrifying Buzz Kull, Actors, and more. But the festivities don’t end there! Attendees will be treated to a smorgasbord of emerging and established acts from around the globe, including Lust for Youth, SDH, and a bevy of many other talented artists!

Here’s a glimpse at some of the acts to catch at Substance:

The Serfs
The southwestern Ohio band are known for their sporadic, yet concise, music—that is sometimes tough synthpunk, sometimes lo-fi techno, and at other times stripped down post-punk.

Tempers
The New York duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop with dark synths, atmospheric guitars, propulsive beats, gloomy vocals, and hypnotic song hooks. In 2019 they performed at Grauzone Festival with their concept album about architect Rem Koolhaas’ essay about shopping malls and architecture. Now they’re back with their third album New Meaning.

Harsh Symmetry
Sacramento, California’s Harsh Symmetry, the dreamy darkwave endeavour of musician Julian Sharwarko, courts nostalgia and revivalism with his intriguing flavour of old-school electronic music gloom. Bringing to mind Dave Gahan, Cinder (This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Cindytalk), Julian Cope, and Human League’s Phil Oakey, Sharwarko’s mournful vocals take center stage.

TR/ST
TR/ST is the Canadian electronic music project of Robert Alfons, combining sparkling synth pop and grimy industrial beats into expansive songs filled with longing, lust, and despair.

Buzz Kull
Buzz Kull’s brooding darkness and experimental nature take centre stage. They have a sharp ear for pop composition, amongst the smog of murky new wave. Despite the frenzy of beats and buzzing frequency, the mastermind behind the project, Sydney-based musician Marc Dwyer, administers a very human delivery.

Lust for Youth
Danish synthpop act Lust For Youth’s signature elements are catchy dance grooves, melancholic crooning, and an icy depth at once effortlessly cool and hopelessly romantic.

Void Vision
Void Vision – a true gem in the world of modern electronic music. The mastermind behind this project, Philadelphia-based producer, Shari Vari, has become a trailblazer in the modern minimal synth movement, winning over audiences with their stunning live performances and crafting music that is both immediately gripping and hauntingly beautiful. With a sound that is equal parts alluring and delectable, Void Vision has been cemented as one of the genre’s most exciting and innovative acts.

SDH

Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz, the minds behind Spanish duo SDH, combine a range of electronic and avant-garde sounds, such as big beat, Eurodance, synth-pop, hard trance, and EBM, in a deeply personal and emotionally charged way.

Beyond the live performances, the Substance Festival offers a plethora of sonic delights, including DJ sets by a who’s-who of renowned artists, such as Silent Servant, Smilegoth, Eli Glad, Basement 258, Remy Marc, VRK, Malvada, Robert Lane, Gina Kuhn, Baby Magick, Rev.John, and Brian T.

You’ll also get to catch emerging talents such as Agender, Pod Blotz, Mirror of Venus, Touching Ice, Harsh Symmetry, Void Vision, SDH, Houses of Heaven, INHALT, Madeline Goldstein, and The Mall.

Due to limited capacity, festival organizers recommend securing single-day tickets as soon as possible. More information and tickets for other Substance dates can be found here.

Don’t miss this historic event, whether you’re a local Angeleno or planning to travel to the City of Angels for an unforgettable musical experience.

Get your tickets now:

• November 3
• November 4

Here is the full lineup:

Friday, November 3rd / 6PM – 3AM:

• Gilla Band
• Crack Cloud
• PVA
• Special Interest
• zzzahara
• The Serfs
• Pelada
• Brutus VIII
• Agender
• Pod Blotz
• Mirror of Venus
• Touching Ice

DJ sets by:

• Silent Servant
• Smilegoth
• Eli Glad
• Basement 258
• Remy Marc
• VRK

Saturday, Nov. 4th / 6PM – 3AM:

• TR/ST
• Tempers
• Buzz Kull
• ACTORS
• Lust for Youth
• Harsh Symmetry
• Void Vision
• SDH
• Houses of Heaven
• INHALT
• Madeline Goldstein
• The Mall

DJ sets by:

• Malvada
• Robert Lane
• Gina Kuhn
• Baby Magick
• Rev.John
• Brian T.

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Upholding a firm belief that the creativity of the counterculture is a necessity for discourse in society, Grauzone Festival serves as a haven for free thinkers of all ages and orientations, as it cross-pollinates the worlds of visual arts, film, literature, and performance. This year, the musical lineup includes, among others, Patriarchy, Emma Ruth Rundle, VR SEX, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s band SQÜRL, Infravision, Death Valley Girls, and Ellen Allien. Lesley Woods, frontwoman, guitarist, and songwriter of the legendary feminist post-punks Au Pairs – who played at Pinkpop in 1982 – returns to the Netherlands with a solo show after four decades, performing classics from the Au Pairs song catalog and new work.

This year’s festival is sure to sell out of tickets and passes, given that the stacked lineup features some of our favorite international acts, some of which we have listed below:

VR Sex

VR SEX is the synth-punk band of Drab Majesty’s Deb Demure (aka Andrew Clinco). Under the name of Noel Skum (an anagram of Elon Musk), VR SEX blends elements of death rock and synth/punk, post-punk and ambient into an audio/visual package. The band brings forth thoughts of groups like Killing Joke and The Sisters of Mercy, with their own fresh spin.

Lebanon Hanover

Lebanon Hanover is a post-punk duo founded in 2010 by Larissa Iceglass (guitar, vocals) and William Maybelline (bass, vocals). Their ice-cold, minimal post-punk is augmented by the beauty of Art Nouveau aesthetics, British seashores, nighttime forest strolls, and the urbanism of Berlin. Lebanon Hanover’s music has been compared to 1980s Gothic rock/post-punk acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, and Bauhaus, yet they have created a new archetype in the modern Goth scene distinctly their own.

Lebanon Hanover’s output over the past decade has solidified the band as the most prolific and iconic of the modern darkwave scene.

Zanias

Zanias appears for the 7th time at Grauzone Festival this year, previously having performed with Linea Aspera (2013, 2020, 2022), Keluar (2015), and as Zanias (2017, 2021).  At this Grauzone, Zanias will be curating a special program, featuring her favorite bands and acts from her label Fleisch Records. She will also be performing a live set herself, and a DJ set.

Minuit Machine

Parisian dark synth/EBM duo Minuit Machine was formed by Hélène de Thoury (Synths) and Amandine Stioui (Vocals, Lyrics). Helene previously played at Grauzone events as Hante. and with her band Phosphor. Minuit Machine’s music is often described as “disrupted, emotional, and terribly addictive.”  They span the gamut from synth wave to dark electronic, with strong touches of techno and EBM. Minuit Machine promises an intense and emotional performance.

Hélène has recently departed the band, with new musician Camille joining Amandine going forward. The gig at Grauzone festival will be one of the first in a new chapter for the band.

Tempers

The New York duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop with dark synths, atmospheric guitars, propulsive beats, gloomy vocals and hypnotic song hooks. In 2019 they performed at Grauzone Festival with their concept album about architect Rem Koolhaas’ essay about shopping malls and architecture. Now they’re back with their third album New Meaning.

Rue Oberkampf

Rue Oberkampf combines 80s ecstasy with the atmosphere of fog-shrouded, strobe-lit dance temples of the techno era. The combination of urban electronic music’s gritty drive with Julia’s French-German-English vocals reminds some critics of a more forceful version of Deux or Kirlian Camera. The band was founded at the end of 2016.

Tr/st

TR/ST began in 2010 by Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski (Austra). TR/ST, now the solo project of Alfons, is making a rare appearance in The Netherlands. His music combines sparkling synth-pop and grimy industrial beats into expansive songs filled with longing, lust, and despair. Each song is dominated by hypnotic melodies and Alfons’ deep, dramatic hypnotic vocals.

Kontravoid

Kontravoid is the solo project of LA drummer/producer Cam Findlay (Crystal Castles and TR/ST). Collaborating with FLEISCH Records’ Zanias, Kontravoid has made killer remixes for Patriarchy, Schwefelgelb, Utrasunn, and many more. With his analogue synths, he makes dark electronic, but catchy and, most of all, very danceable beats.

Ritual Howls

Detroit trio Ritual Howls create a cinematic blend of twangy industrial rock that could fuel a post-apocalyptic dancefloor. A collaboration between Paul Bancell (vocals, guitar), Chris Samuels (synth, samples, drum machine), and Ben Saginaw (bass). The band recently reissued their ten-year-old self-titled debut album on Felte with plans for a fifth album in 2023, songs of which will be heard at Grauzone.

Algiers

Algiers, based in three cities across two different continents, are a sprawling, politically-engaged, and multi-faceted project; embracing freewheeling rock‘n’roll energy, post-punk grit, the brute force of industrial electronics, the transcendence of gospel, and the power of experimental noise.

A Place to Bury Strangers

New York City’s A Place To Bury Strangers has been delighting and astonishing his audience for close to two decades, combining post-punk, noise-rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, and avant-garde music in startling and unexpected ways. As the founder of Death By Audio, creator of signal-scrambling stomp boxes and visionary instrument effects, frontman Oliver Ackermann is a font of creativity. In concert, A Place To Bury Strangers is nothing short of astounding — a shamanistic experience that bathes listeners in glorious sound, crazed left turns, transcendent vibrations, real-time experiments, brilliant breakthroughs. Oliver Ackermann also launched a label of his own: Dedstrange, dedicated to advancing the work of sonic renegades worldwide. He’s also refreshed the group’s lineup, adding bassist John Fedowitz and drummer Sandra Fedowitz, and the band has never sounded more current, or more courageous, or more accessibly melodic.

Belgrado

Barcelona post-punk act Belgrado has evolved into a new lineup and switched to electronic backing tracks, mutating into a band with a new sound that manages to keep their trademark sound alive.  The new Belgrado is more ethereal, cold, experimental, bouncy, and extremely addictive. With one boot firmly set in their trademark gelid post-punk, they dance with the other between minimal wave, dub and even Italo Disco.

Ashcode

Italian dark wave synth act Ash Code was founded by keyboard player Claudia Nottebella and twin brothers Alessandro and Adriano Belluccio. They masterfully blend influences, ranging from early Depeche Mode, The Sisters of Mercy to post-punk, Synthpop, coldwave & EBM, bringing with them a revamp of solid drum machines, haunting synths and driving bass lines. Molchat Doma, Clan Of Xymox and Minuit Machine made remixes for Ash Code songs, and Ash Code made remixes for acts like She Past Away and Agent Side Grinder.

Ploho

Siberian postpunkers Ploho are, together with acts like Molchat Doma, one of the most prominent purveyors of dark Soviet era-inspired post-punk.  Inspired by the aesthetic and sounds of late Soviet era of the 80s like Kino, as well as Joy Division, the band’s sound and approach also manages to reflect the icy chill of their home. Building upon a growing profile, the band teamed up with Belarusian band Molchat Doma to collaborate on “Along the Edge of the Island” in 2019.

Ultra Sunn

This post-punk coldwave electro duo formed in 2019 in Brussels by Sam Hugé (Fantøme) and Gaelle Souflet.

Ultra Sunn tailors classic analogue synthesizers sounds with incisive techno-like beats, taking inspiration from Berlin’s industrial electronic music and post-punk such as Schwefelgelb, DAF, and New Order. Acts like Kontravoid (also playing at Grauzone) and Sarin made remixes of Ultra Sunn songs. Their new EP, Kill Your Idols, will be released by Fleisch Records.

Grauzone Festival is February 10th through 12th, You can purchase your tickets here. Make haste! Don’t miss this stellar lineup!

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The audio-visual phantasmagoria was created by Clayton McCracken (Charli XCX, Erick The Architect). The LA-based video synthesist crafted the video for “Sightseeing” by utilizing a mixed bag of touchdesigner programming, vintage video technology, 3D animation, and live improvisation. McCracken’s work primarily explores the role of natural forces in virtual settings, employing lights, liquids, and vapors to examine themes of entropy and technological ephemerality.

All of this works in perfect tandem with the lyrical narrative in “Sightseeing”, which perhaps alludes to some of the existential questions first visualized by Futurists a century ago during the dawn of cinema and modern metropolitan life.

Tempers’ Jasmine Golestaneh explains, “‘Sightseeing’ looks at the thrill and struggle of urban life. It’s a song about finding meaning by constantly dissolving, renewing, and redefining oneself, amidst the machinery of the city. The video explores how psychic traces left by memory can transform architecture, and animate parallel worlds. It’s also a continuation of an ongoing theme in our work, investigating the relationship between public and private space.”

Watch the video for ‘Sightseeing” below:

A soundtrack for an introspective journey by night, Tempers’ forthcoming album New Meaning is both elegant and brooding, brimming with existential angst and ethereal romance led by Jasmine Golestaneh’s powerful vocals, and Eddie Cooper’s captivating synth melodies.

The album’s themes are highlighted on its evocative cover photo, Lost Hotel (2016) by Beijing-based photography artist Chen Wei.

Included with the LP comes is a companion book of original artwork and lyrics, for which Golestaneh created a hand-made collage for each song, translating its sonic landscapes and lyrical themes into concrete images. The book is published by Old Habits Press.

New Meaning sees its release on April 1st via DAIS Records.

You can pre-order it here.

Additionally, Tempers plan to tour North America this spring ahead of a UK/EU summer run. Highlights include SXSW, LA, NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and more. See below for a full list of dates.

TEMPERS LIVE DATES:

31-Mar-22: New York City, NY – Elsewhere Zone 1

02-Apr-22: Pittsburgh, PA – Andy Warhol Museum

04-Apr-22: Detroit, MI – Sanctuary

06-Apr-22: Madison, WI – U. Wisconsin

07-Apr-22: Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival

10-Apr-22: Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

12-Apr-22: Toronto, ON – The Garrison

13-Apr-22: Montreal, QB – Ritz

16-Apr-22: Seattle, WA – Crocodile 2nd Stage

17-Apr-22: Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

19-Apr-22: San Francisco, CA – Milk Bar

20-Apr-22: Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon

21-Apr-22: San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop

24-Apr-22: El Paso, TX – The Reagan

27-Apr-22: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

28-Apr-22: Austin, TX – Mohawk

13-May-22: London, UK – Moth Club

18-May-22: Paris, FR – Point Éphémère

03-Jun-22: Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain

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“Nightwalking” is cold, atmospheric, and deeply affecting. In the song, Jasmine Golestaneh’s ethereal voice soars with otherworld passion. summoning the phantasmagoria of Nico via The Marble Index, her cadence is part-folk, part-shoegaze, and chills the marrow with its supernatural beauty. This works in perfect tandem with the brooding bassline, impactful drums, and haunting synth melodies conjured by Eddie Cooper, who here is showing off his expertise in electronic music production.

While “Nightwalking” is cinematic, enchanting, and a powerhouse of emotion, it also suspends a distinctive mood captured from a very specific period in New York City history —and transcends the human experience.

“I took a lot of long walks at a time when people had abruptly vacated NYC, and left the remnants of their homes on the sidewalks,” explains Golestaneh. “The city’s landscape became very surreal – a ghost town turned inside out. I was thinking about how to stay open, and embrace life derailed. The sky over the city was a real source of mystery, in it’s own world of pink sunsets, and sparkling nights. The contrast of that oblivious beauty amidst the pandemic chaos felt very special, and inspired the song.”

Listen to “Nightwalking” below:

Tempers’ self-produced New Meaning navigates the unknown and its coping mechanisms, and explores the nature of choice. The album reflects upon the creation of meaning as access to liberation, speculating on the transformative potential that exists alongside the grief of living in a world in an ongoing crisis.

The album comes with a companion book of original artwork and lyrics. Golestaneh created a hand-made collage for each song, translating its sonic landscapes and lyrical themes into concrete images. The book is published by Old Habits Press.

New Meaning sees its release on April 1st via DAIS Records.

You can pre-order here.

Additionally, Tempers plan to tour North America this spring ahead of a UK/EU summer run. Highlights include SXSW, LA, NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and more. See below for a full list of dates.

Follow Tempers:

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Tempers 2022 Live Dates:

• 14-Mar-22: Austin, TX – SXSW
• 31-Mar-22: New York City, NY – Elsewhere Zone 1
• 02-Apr-22: Pittsburgh, PA – Andy Warhol Museum
• 04-Apr-22: Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
• 06-Apr-22: Madison, WI – U. Wisconsin
• 07-Apr-22: Iowa City, IA – Mission Creek Festival
• 10-Apr-22: Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
• 12-Apr-22: Toronto, ON – The Garrison
• 13-Apr-22: Montreal, QB – Ritz
• 16-Apr-22: Seattle, WA – Crocodile 2nd Stage
• 17-Apr-22: Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
• 19-Apr-22: San Francisco, CA – Milk Bar
• 20-Apr-22: Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
• 21-Apr-22: San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop
• 24-Apr-22: El Paso, TX – The Reagan
• 27-Apr-22: Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
• 28-Apr-22: Austin, TX – Mohawk
• 13-May-22: London, UK – Moth Club
• 18-May-22: Paris, FR – Point Éphémère
• 03-Jun-22: Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain

Photo by Zac Stone

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Today Tempers have announced their forthcoming album, New Meaning, out on April 1 via DAIS. To mark this occasion, they have released their lead single, “Unfamiliar”.

This introspective, icy, and intense track was born of “living in a society that is still a dream of itself.” Jasmine Golestaneh’s voice embraces the song with ethereal warmth. Eddie Cooper, in turn, breathes life into the precision of the melodic intervals “on the exact edge between major and minor, severe and sweet.” The song’s resulting spacious new-wave beats and dance-driven hooks are exquisite to the ears, yet reveal unbridled bittersweetness.

“Unfamiliar explores the idea of progress, and what qualities might be needed to actualise it,” Golestaneh explains. “So often change is just a rebranding of the same structures and conventions, history repeating itself. But also on a personal level, it’s hard not to repeat mistakes, habits are so seductive. I was thinking about the power of liminal space, and how building a tolerance to unfamiliarity might be a revolutionary act.”

Listen to ‘Unfamiliar” below:

With their self-produced New Meaning, Tempers navigate the unknown, finding, coping mechanisms and exploring the nature of choice in an anguished city. Its ten songs reflect on the “creation of meaning as an access to liberation in times of transition and loss, speculating on the transformative potential that exists alongside the grief of living in a world that is in an ongoing state of crisis.”

The album has a companion book of original artwork and lyrics. Jasmine Golestaneh created a handmade collage for each song, translating its sonic landscapes and lyrical themes into concrete images. The book is published by Old Habits Press.

Follow Tempers:

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Tempers 2022 Live Dates:

• Mar 14  Arrow right icon  Austin TX US SXSW
• Mar 31  Brooklyn NY US Elsewhere
• Apr 4  Detroit MI US The Sanctuary
• Apr 6  Madison WI US University of Wisconsin Madison
• Apr 10  Chicago IL US The Empty Bottle
• Apr 12  Toronto ON Canada The Garrison
• Apr 13  Montreal QC Canada Le Ritz
• Apr 16  Seattle WA US The Crocodile
• Apr 17  Portland OR US Mississippi Studios
• Apr 19  San Francisco CA US Milk Bar
• Apr 20  Los Angeles (LA) CA US Zebulon
• Apr 21  San Diego CA US Whistle Stop Bar
• Apr 24  El Paso TX US The Reagan
• Apr 27  Houston TX US White Oak Music Hall – Upstairs
• Apr 28  Austin TX US Mohawk – Indoor
• May 13  London UK Moth Club
• May 18  Paris France Point Éphémère
• Jun 3  Berlin Germany Kantine am Berghain 

Photo by Julia Khoroshilov

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“And I know this is not the end of love

Kind of like summer
Kind of like something that comes again”

“The Use of My Belonging” is indeed a mood—sonically captured in perfect sync by both Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper, who cut the track within their bedrooms across NYC during the city’s stringent lockdown and rise of the Black Lives Matter protests.

“Watching inequalities intensify to unethical extremes, as systems of power swerve into nightmarish realms of greed, brutality and oppression inspired the song,” they explain. “The song is about the hope that love will prevail in an era of post-truth, that the return to love is somehow natural and inevitable.”

Listen below:

Last year, Tempers, finding a new home at Dais Records, released one of the best tracks of 2019 with the album single “Capital Pains”.

Both Goldstaneh and Cooper, experts in both art and production respectively,  operate as a multi-disciplined entity in the spirit and ethos of Factory Records. During there creative tenure weaving icy electronic melodies over recent years, the pair have become an integral part of the international music scene—touring and traveling coast to coast, and across the Atlantic—spending considerable time in Europe conjuring their sonic soundscapes and aural fever-dreams.

The two describe their creative process as a telepathic kinship they’ve developed since they started making music together:

“We have these sort of unspoken criteria when we’re writing music. We never really need to explain what that is but we both know when it’s missing or when we’ve hit it.”

“The Use of My Belonging” is available today via Dais Records. 2020 brings more new music from Tempers – stay tuned.

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Channeling the melancholic Americana dream world of David Lynch Circa Wild at Heart and Lost Highway, “Capital Pains” both unsettling and bewitching, with resonant lyrical incantations slowly draws the observer ever inward, and deeper still, towards its own dark world echoing with humming guitars and pulsing synths.

Watch the technicolored video for Tempers’ “Capital Pains” below:

Private Life—the third album from the creative partnership of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper, will be released via Dais Records on October 25th.

Preorder the album via Dais and Bandcamp.

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More info on the Anniversary Party Here

Also, today on aufnahme + wiedergabe—two noteworthy EP releases are out:

Schwefelgelb | Dahinter das Gesicht

Veil of Light | Ursprung Remix

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The Robert Toher helmed project had this iteration of material initially composed while living in Los Angeles, before returning back to Brooklyn. The contrast between the two cities can be felt in the dark synth driven beats that are both coarse and industrial and languid and atmospheric—amplified by the new mixes in this release.

Listen to the Rémy Charrier Remix of the track Cul De Sac above.

Pick up ‘Wuthering Drum Reworks’ Here

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“Thematically, ‘Fundamental Fantasy’ feels to me like it’s set on the day after our previous album ‘Services’. Loss and longing are still important themes, of course, but the voice has a new awareness, a coming-to-terms, that feels like a shifted emotional landscape. Jasmine also uses her voice in new ways here, layering her vocals in two- and three-part harmonies, and that adds a delicate layer to the insistence of our electronic arrangements. I think because we played more of the album live instead of relying solely on programming, there’s a dynamism to these songs that makes them more immediate and personal, and that was something we really wanted to explore.” –Eddie (Read the full interview here at Wonderland Mag)

Additionally, listen to Public Memory’s excellent cover of Strange Harvest below

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