New Album Alert : Lantern's Black Highways and Green Garden Roads

My playlist would look like something like this: The Who, The Fresh & Onlys,The Kinks, Ty Segall, The Monkees, Guided By Voices, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Beatles, King Tuff,  The Sonics, Them, Moon Duo, ELP, The Pretty Things, Wooden Shjips, something from The Rolling Stones His Satanic Majesties Request, The Byrds, Thee Oh Sees, Roy Orbison, Love, The Beach Boys, Jay Reatard, The Troggs, The Shangri-Las, and Shannon and the Clams.

Placed firmly in the mix would be a song from Lantern's 2016 release Black Highways and Green Garden Roads. This Philly/Montreal trio deliver 41 minutes of the best of the sixties without sounding painfully derivative. I am particularly crazy for their male/female vocal harmonies, something so few bands have the lineup and talent to pull off.

Rock solid retro, Lantern comes highly recommended.

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