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In the summer of 2019, a new supergroup emerged from the streets of Brooklyn, comprised of LG Galleon (Dead Leaf Echo) on vocals and guitar, Gregg Giuffré (drums) Dominic Turi (Squad Car) on guitar, and now recently joined by Paul E. Boi of Honduras fame on bass.

Although they are a relatively new outfit but have completed their first LP with Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Brian Eno)

The band is releasing a new track called New Romance, and, according to Galleon, “it’s a damn auspicious opening volley.” The single’s sound captures the nascent verve of Warsaw, (precursor to Joy Division), especially in the icy timbre of the slashing guitar figures. Idas’s eminently melodic, racing basslines, reminiscent of Peter Hook’s, also recall the daydream haze of The Cure circa Pornography, and lock in effortlessly with Vander’s metronomic, economical drumming. Galleon’s vocals round out the sound, as he urges with an unrepentant rage, “Tell me a story about how you’ll bore me.”

In this song, the protagonist is assuming a woman’s perspective, but his mind is androgynous, for these feelings are universal. Confusion and anger are at the fore, but they’re a device used to convey the difficulties of finding any true human connectedness, which is appropriate, given the deterioration of communication in our increasingly anomic culture.