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A recommendation by Jeff Giles

Audiophiles and gear nerds will perk up at the vintage gear used to record this fantastic record, but you don't need to care about that stuff to love "Tough Trip Through Paradise" — you just need to have a healthy appreciation for full-bodied arrangements, tight performances, and hooks so sharp you'll be picking them out of your limbs, clothes, and noggin long after the final track ends (temporarily, because this is a record that cries out for another listen). A flawless distillation of top-shelf influences. I'd never heard of this band prior to listening to this album, but I'm all in now. Hell yes.