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Finally, a new album this week that I can get behind. Really into this new Walkmen album – I’m really happy see them develop and age so well as a band. I remember seeing them open for Blonde Redhead back in Boston maybe around 1999 and thinking they were terrible and not together as a band at all (I think they may have told a story about their van spinning out in the snow or something). Then later when The Strokes were around, I remember thinking that they sounded just like them (not remembering that they may had been around first). It’s only in the last couple of years that I started paying attention again and I’m real glad I did. Sometimes it pays to keep checking back and not write bands off. What’s up with The Strokes? Does it matter? Ask that same question of The Walkmen and they will just wave back like “Hi.. we have been here the whole time writing awesome songs, nice to meet you.”

The Walkmen – Juveniles
The Walkmen – Woe Is Me

Bonus:
The Walkmen – Four Provinces (live)

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