The Fake Boys I Love My Life When You're Around (PURPLE VINYL) 6/7/19 Mendocino (5:06) C2

Mendocino (5:06) C2

Chris Stamey returns to the guitar-driven rock band dynamic to deliver 10 stellar songs rooted in his trademark sound: Strong hooks

The music was developed for a year or so before we made contact with Jinian

It’s a record that reaffirms their mastery of contrast—balancing explosive force with haunting beauty

plus 15 more originally unreleased mind-melting cuts - complete with slide whistle

The Fake Boys I Love My Life When You're Around (PURPLE VINYL) 6/7/19 Mendocino (5:06) C2It becomes clear within minutes of listening The Fake Boys that they are a musical chameleon, or maybe a miragesomething one moment, another the next, and sometimes two or three things at once. There are verses on I Love My Life When Youre Around that throb with the Ramones snarling energy before slipping into thick psychedelia, flush with echo and wah, then list into a bridge reminiscent of the pacific northwests rawest riffs. Still, mere points of