Margaret Glaspy "Echo The Diamond" Turntables Have you tried to dance

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After a successful jump from their native Bloomington-Normal to Chicago

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Their brand of new wave synth-pop full of bright melodies and heavenly choruses is as euphoric and uninhibitedly joyful as anything the band has done in their 14-year career

Margaret Glaspy "Echo The Diamond" Turntables Have you tried to danceThe third full length from Margaret Glaspy, Echo The Diamond emerged from a deliberate stripping away of artifice to reveal life for all its harsh truths and ineffable beauty. Like the precious gem of its title, the result is an object of startling luminosity, one capable of cutting through the most elaborately constructed faades. This record came from trying to meet life on lifes terms, instead of looking for a happy ending in everything, says the