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Studio 360 | Mar 2, 2011

For the past decade singer songwriter John Darnielle has earned his reputation with clever dark songs he chose to record straight into a boom box. The sound was lo fi but the stories in the songs were lush. Michael Raphael says that in his latest record, Darnielle has abandoned the boom box for the moment and digs even deeper into his imaginary world.

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