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The Stares

The Stares — Spine to Sea

If you found Eisely a little too aggressive in the hooks department, but still love that holy, druggy mood, Spine to Sea is an anima-animus version of it, giving the same kind of tingles, but better, because they're slower, so they last longer.

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From Preons to Pris, of Stars and Stares

All photos: Ryan Schierling.

at Graceland

I loved the male Aisler Set-ish 1950's boy-next-door sound, clean and airy, like a Sunday bike-ride with a wickerbasket. They also featured lilting female accompanying vocals, and witty samples of 1950s scary sound bites between songs.

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