Ears Wide Open: Fine
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It’s been a lousy few years for angst. Oh, not the faux-punk, I-only-care-about-cheap-beer angst, or the I’m-so-insecure-I’d-better-snap-a-dozen-more-selfies anguish. I mean the dripping-with-existential-dread, blow-the-doors-off-the-arena angst. (Too many hyphenates? Sorry.) Anyway, the new L.A. quintet Fine approaches that kind of bombast in an artful way; many of the arrangements on its debut album have Radiohead in their DNA. The slow-building flourishes in songs such as “Jacket and Jeans” and “Honest Kids,” if not the shredding that kicks off “Lilith,” are but a growl away from how ’90s stadium rockers interpreted the blues. Fine are singer Dexter and guitarist Robo Hry, along with bassist Ryan Gelber. keyboardist Jonah McLean and drummer David Diaz. For fans who like their rock big and bold and, thankfully, banjo-less.
||| Download: The whole debut album “Fine” for free.
||| Stream: “Jacket and Jeans”
||| Also: After the jump, check out the videos for “Jacket and Jeans” and “Honest Kids”
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