Fran - A Private Picture (Compact Disc)

Fran - A Private Picture (Compact Disc)The trick is to make a confession entertaining. A Private Picture, the debut album by Chicagos Fran, delivers a collection of extremely personal experiences that have been distilled and abstracted to the point that you can see yourself in their imagery, find analogs to your own emotional history in their scenarios when you hear them, its a conversation. Its therapy, if therapy was allowed to turn you on and make you shake what you got. At its core,

ROMANCE represents a bold sonic and stylistic evolution for the band and lead single “Starburster” (out April 17) shows the band at their most electrifying to date

Phét (pronounced Peht) is a Tibetan syllable that means to cut through

No Lay and more

" draag me’s second record (and the first with Wichlin)

bassist John Margaris

Food remains a satisfying feast for both returning true believers

with release of a self-titled EP on esteemed indie tastemaker Mexican Summer followed by two full lengths (2011’s Friends For Now and 2012’s In Between) on Kanine Records

Maggot Mass

But as far Dulling The Horns is concerned

a phenomenal album from a young group poised to carve their own place in the bins of your favorite record store

soaring chorus

" "It feels really special to me