ZEPHR – Past Lives – New LP 1981 "You can’t really listen to

"You can’t really listen to Silicone Prairie on record without noticing the laborious production and limber musicianship

I don't hear bands of this style as much as I used to

via Schoolkids Records in March 2021 is a collaboration between Marty Willson-Piper and Niko Röhlcke

and just when it seems like it might be possible to get a handle on the emotional landscape

and if their low-tech recording setup dictated a leaner and more basic approach than the Fab Four

ZEPHR – Past Lives – New LP 1981 "You can’t really listen toZEPHR Past Lives LP. (Snappy Little Numbers) Past Lives by ZEPHR Denver outfit punching through the bitterness to try to get to a better place, punk rock indie rock, gruff melodic and even jangly at one point, lifting you up like lifting a can of beer and a shot of whiskey, you can almost hear the pounding of fists in the puddles on the wooden counter as the gang sings along and outside a carload of friends crank down the windows and look at the neon