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and drummer Clark Blomquist yielding a cohesive

Once Again The Present Becomes The Past LP (LUNGS-155) by ALIEN NOSEJOB

along with sections that made your mind venture to the freer & ambient sides of Swell Maps (even if they didn’t necessarily know who Swell Maps were at the time)

I feel as though I “came to” inside this album

GG King - Esoteric Lore LP and drummer Clark Blomquist yieldingFor myself this is year zero of what I consider the Atlanta sound of the last 15 years. There was something new germinating post Carbonas that began to embrace a darker side and reveal a more complex facade. I'm not saying it didn't exist before Esoteric Lore, but upon release it was this summation of what was unfolding. It may not be obvious, but geographically Atlanta is somewhat isolated in the context of touring bands. That's not to say that we