Dear Boy * Celebrator [New LP] Folk Bartees Strange was raised on

Bartees Strange was raised on fear

retiring flutes—that circle through “Midpoint” or the dub-indebted delays and gamelan hymns that bubble up through “Persurverance

Fly Town Nose Blues

Some Things Last a Long Time

Dear Boy * Celebrator [New LP] Folk Bartees Strange was raised onI feel everything It's better than nothing." That lyric says it all. Los Angeles indie rock outfit Dear Boy returns with their most exuberant, unguarded, and vital work to date: Celebrator. After the atmospheric ache of their debut album Forever Sometimes, the band Ben Grey (vocals guitar), Keith Cooper (drums), Austin Hayman (lead guitar vocals), and Lucy Lawrence (bass vocals) needed to find their joy again. And they did. What started as a casual