The Intelligence Bakersfield, California
With inspirational templates as far-flung as LES PAUL & MARY FORD, THE SPECIALS and LEE SCRATCH PERRY, Lil’ Peril pulls off the absurd shift “from ‘No-Wave SANTANA’ to ‘SCREAMERS recorded by JON BRION’”. .
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