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Since 2008, Lab Coast has been delivering hazy bursts of hook-laden guitar pop from their basement studio in Calgary, Canada. Singer David Laing & multi-instrumentalist Chris Dadge carve out detailed analog productions on a variety of different tape machines while pillaging the bounty of instruments left behind at the Lab Coast practice space. The resultant constellations of compact, tightly wound melodies and bustling rhythms form a highly textured kaleidoscopic backdrop for Laing’s understated crooning and oblique yet slyly evocative lyrics.
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Dadge’s ever-evolving DIY approach to recording places them in the tradition of fellow home-brew recorders such as Strapping Fieldhands, early Guided By Voices and R. Stevie Moore while the songs themselves recall the likes of Teenage Fanclub, Tom Petty and The La’s. The Toronto Star calls it ‘scuffed-up, small-scale psych-pop’ and their latest release provides the perfect point of entry for the newcomer.
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