As two-thirds of the songwriting power behind the acclaimed Mendoza Line, Slow Dazzle's Shannon McArdle and Timothy Bracy have spent the past several years translating their classic folk/rock influences into twanging, raucous, entropic refrains. Equally rooted in classic songs, Slow Dazzle represents a sort of urbanization of their previous band's pastoral tendencies, drawing inspiration from great folk icons like Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico's post-Velvets material, as well as another romantically involved duo, Richard and Linda Thompson.

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