Julian Never - Pious FictionInspired by the Flying Nun catalog, Prefab Sprout and odd underground pop hits by Chris Spedding and Dwight Twilley, JULIAN NEVER deliver their debut long player, Pious Fiction, to be released on limited edition vinyl and digital. JULIAN NEVER is the latest vehicle for former MAYYORS drummer Julian Elorduys jangle pop alter ego. An evolution of the songwriting that produced the short lived but much loved FINE STEPS, Pious Fiction is 15 tracks of

This all means that music was the message and the rhymes

and shows Kurt both deeply introspective and briskly self-assured

into classic Cass McCombs insanity on “Local Boy

supreme cellist Tomeka Reid

The band does offer antidotes to help your head find some equilibrium: ‘Afterthought (Sukhi’s Prayer)’ is a melange of sounds that prop up an impassioned

parallel one

punk rock and (like labelmates ‘Shooting Daggers’) oodles of ‘Riot Grrl’ vibe

and something plasticky you couldn’t put your finger on

friend - are stripped back

esoteric field studies with Pete Harvey and Joe Smillie

but for nearly 10 years called Los Angeles home

Containing gems such as Needle in the Hay and Christian Brothers