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What’s up Sorry State readers, I hope everyone is having a nice week. We’ve had some great weather here in Raleigh and it’s kinda been feeling like fall a little bit. Especially in the morning, with that nice, crisp air. Of course, we’ll probably be hit with another heatwave here soon before fall really rolls around. Here at Sorry State, Dominic has set off for a month-long visit to his home across the pond in England. I’m happy my buddy gets to go home and visit his family and friends, but I’ll miss having him around for our shifts together at the store so he can show me my new favorite album or cut up to some bluegrass records. He’s left me with enough great music to listen to tho in his absence, including this Lush album, Spooky. I honestly had never heard of Lush till the other week when we got in a few of their albums at the store. Dominic saw them and was like, “oh shit” and told me about them and that I’d probably like them a lot. Of course he was right. I think we ended up listening to all three that had come in and I was introduced to the serenading sounds of Lush. I really enjoyed all of them, but out of the bunch I’d have to say my favorite was Spooky, their 1992 album. The whole album just flows so nicely, some of the vocals on here kinda remind me of Julee Cruise too on some of the slower songs. My favorite two tracks on here are Tiny Smiles and Laura, the latter which has this part in the middle of the song that just sounds so fuckin cool. I guess it’s an effect on the guitar or something, but it sounds like an underwater UFO. If you listen to the song, I feel like it’s pretty clear what part I’m talking about despite my lack of accurate description. Without fail, each time I play this record in the shop someone always asks “who is this?” which I usually see as the mark of a good record. Get some luscious Lush in your life today.