If The Byrds or REM had joined the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood maybe they’d have played the baroque folk-pop Seattle’s Green Pajamas have pushed since 1984.
Still stalked by dark ladies and ghost lovers, The Pajamas’ 30th album in an apparently infinitely sustainable career satisfies regular customers’ expectations of effortlessly hummable guitar pop – Supervirgin’s McCartney bass runs and the controlled rush of Carrie – but offers enough new moves to justify the band’s persistence.
The Queen’s Last Tango, for example, is a Balkan-sounding polka that becomes an incendiary twin guitar burn-out.
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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