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Dutchess and the Duke
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• You’d think that after a while, the combination of cardigan-sporting white people playing guitars and singing careful pop melodies would get tired. It’s easy to get frustrated with the mediocrity inherent in bands such as Spoon, and yearn for new music to innovate and to stop trying to be the 60s. But boys and girls, a reason for renewed enthusiasm in pop music always manages to come around the corner, and there is little doubt that Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz of The Dutchess & ...(more) The Duke bring a special pop sensibility to the table. With the barrage of new music coming at the collective cognoscenti, it’s easy to get lost and bored, and throw John Coltrane back on. But on my first listen, I knew I had stumbled across a classic here, and it has such lovely, universal appeal that I’m sure you’ll be enthusiastic as well. Kim Morrison comes out and pulls off these unbelievable cooing harmonies against the lead vocal of Jesse Lortz, and the result is this lovely little lo-fi pop atmosphere. Nothing here is terribly original, but that’s hardly the point of pop music and our Dutchess and Duke definitely scratch that pop music itch. (less)