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allowing the bass playing of Lucas Gadke (also of Blood Ceremony) to take on unique responsibilities in both lead and melodic roles while drummer Jimmy Payment (Do Make Say Think) feeds the band's bombastic

from which their harmonies rise into the air to create new American music

In his spare time he draws maps for fun

On opener "Tabula Rasa

as well as deep cuts from her grandfather Frank Sinatra

Atlantic Ocean RK0010 allowing the bass playing ofMeticulously arranged and gorgeously recorded (including a session at Chicago's famed Wilco Loft), Atlantic Ocean is an immaculate kiss off. It's a cheeky if not wholly acrimonious takedown of music industry artifice and hipster culture vapidity. "I'm part of the scene I got the right LPs, Swift begins the album on the title track over fuzzed Casio stabs and a clunky, bounding drum machine. The chorus of "Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, You're gonna