The Space Merchants (Aqualamb #8)

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Brookyln's The Space Merchants haunting, twanging songsfeature perfect male and female harmonies over tunes thatequally evoke lonely country roads & interstellar overdrive.The band has spoken about their own work as a balance of"Johnny Cash and astrophysics." Drummer Carter Loganalso plays in filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's band, SQ RL.Aqualamb Records is the Brooklyn label fast becomingknown for releasing albums in the form of meticulouslydesigned, 100-page, softbound books."While traipsing through the same atmospheric layers as thehorde of shoegazers out there. Mainly it's singer- guitaristMichael Guggino's touch of gravel and the la-la-ladies doingharmonies who don't go the easy angelic route. If neo-PaisleyUnderground is useable, let's."-CMJ"A unique brand of lo-fi psych rock... their huge-yet-minimalsound, mixing psych with blues and country-style riffs to makesomething great."-Magnet.