Almost right on the heels of their Plum Brook EP, LN have released another EP, Imaginary Cars -- this one with six even more well-crafted tracks of blissful melancholy. I call them 'tracks', because the way they lead into each other, even with tracking breaks, makes for an album cohesiveness that feels like one song with short breaths taken every 3-4 minutes. One song that takes the listener places well-beyond Gary Murray's serene words -- making lyrics almost irrelevant, in the 'irrelevance' of words to The Sea and Cake's Oui. His voice, inflection, and pronunciation part of a greater, holier musical picture where subjectivity breeds personal enlightenment and inner exposition. It is not until the middle of track 4, "Tuscany," that one wakes to find something being verbalized; to hear Murray's comfort offering of, "I'll still come back to you / my love."
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Opus 2001Reviewed by Nolan ShigleyI'm always amazed at the quality Jeff Cloud always seems to release from the Velvet Blue Music lineup. The latest release by LN is no exception. Imaginary Cars evolves from their past release, Plum Brook, but still contains the patented VBM brand of breathy, melancholy love songs. But the songs sound fuller, dreamier, and more profound this time around. The EP definitely has a sad surf feel and…Similar sounding releases
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