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The Western States Motel: Painted Birds Flying In The Orange Mirror Sun [EP]

Oct 22, 2008, 8:01am

The Western States Motel Painted Birds Flying In The Orange Mirror Sun [EP] Firebird Field Recordings [2008] Fire Drills Review: Our favorite somewhat undiscovered Californian Carl Jordan is back with his band The Western States Motel and their new EP with a really long title. It contains five tracks of pleasant sunny harmonic pop songs similar to the ones that made their self-titled debut so infectious. The EP shows a progression in songwriting and complexity within the tracks [...]

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