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City of Champions is the first solo album from co-founder of the venerable Gentlemen Losers, Harvey Barham. It is a themed album about life in Duncanville, TX and it opens at "3 a.m. in Duncanville" with a great opening melodic riff and a sound similar to Gary Louris (of The Jayhawks). Barham's vocals are low, but effective here. It goes through a description of the struggling area, where "all the girls are virgins/ all the boys are nerds" - it's ain't Lake Woebegon, folks. The liner notes chronicle the transformation of the suburbs from a utopia to a bit [...]