MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks brille with Jasamine writing and producing

with Jasamine writing and producing songs in Montreal and Pete writing

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MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks brille with Jasamine writing and producingMJ returns with another surefire must hear and own album. This guy can do no wrong. The anatomy of an MJ record might go something like this: warped pedal steels and skuzzed out guitar; crackin' a cold one with some buds; a voice reminiscent of the high lonesome warble of a choirboy. Songs snake their way from a lo fi home recording to something glossier made with longtime friends at Asheville's Drop of Sun studios, but the recording setting doesn't