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“WITH SINGER ERIC SCHOEN’S IAN CURTIS-ON-UPPERS VOCAL DELIVERY AND VELVET UNDERGROUND-INSPIRED GUITAR FREAK-OUTS, THE BAND CAN SWITCH FROM SULKY TO SEXY IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, OFTEN BUILDING ON A SKELETAL GUITAR RIFF OR A REPEATED PHRASE TO CREATE A FEELING OF ANXIETY AND, EVENTUALLY, EUPHORIC RELEASE. THOUGH THE BAND CAN BE DARK AND GLOOMY—PERFECT ACID-RAINY-DAY MUSIC—IT IS NOT AFRAID TO PEPPER ITS SONGS WITH JITTERY HANDCLAPS OR SHOUT-ALONG CHORUSES.” ~ CMJ ON MAY 11, LOCAL POST-PUNK OUTFIT DIRTY DANCING WILL RELEASE THEIR SECOND LP THAT FOR THIS THROUGH GLOSS RECORDS. LED BY PRIMARY SONGWRITER ERIC SCHOEN, THE BAND HAS SEEN INNUMERABLE LINEUP CHANGES IN ITS DECADE-LONG EXISTENCE. THE CURRENT LINEUP OF SCHOEN (GUITAR/LEAD VOCALS), NEIL LARSON (GUITAR/VOCALS), MAX WILLIAMSON (BASS/VOCALS), AND TRAVIS MCDONNELL (DRUMS) COALESCED IN THE FALL OF 2017 TO BEGIN WORK ON THAT FOR THIS WITH PRODUCER HARRISON COLBY. SINCE THEN, IAN EHRNSTROM HAS STEPPED IN TO REPLACE LARSON ON GUITAR. A YEAR (PLUS) OF ON-AGAIN / O