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The spryness of the melody imagines Elliott Smith wandering the banks of the Tennessee River

As if anyone could stop you from devouring this classic LP

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The Mechanical Hand 2LP fg_Label_ANTI- ” “Santa Claus is Coming2005's Mechanical Hand fine tunes Horse the Band's entire operation. Erik Engstrom's keyboard still guides these songs, and often recalls the mechanistic, gawky robot feel of '80s video game music. But Engstrom and Horse the Band recall the 1980s in general, too. "Manateen" is incredible. It starts out by ripping off the same tubular Duran Duran groove that's responsible for the Killers, but shifts garishly into an angular post hardcore screech, like