DREAM VIOLENCE | VINYL RECORD (LP) ë The group's ninth album and

The group's ninth album and first for Merge establishes them alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunk when it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them so special in the first place

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DREAM VIOLENCE | VINYL RECORD (LP) ë The group's ninth album andDream Violence, Michael Beach's fourth full length, is an epic album that explores the duality of the human condition. Or, as Beach himself puts it, the album is about "human futility, passion, desire, anger, frustration, and the struggle to maintain hope in a somewhat hopeless time." Dream Violence, then, addresses the existential crisis of being an artist in 2020 (and 2021). Known for his work touring with the Australian guitar pop band Thigh Master