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Songs We Love: Chris Crofton, 'UFO Hunters'

Chris Crofton's <em>Hello It's Me</em> comes out June 22.

Rock and roll legend is so steeped in the glittering soup of substance and next-day bedtimes, it's easy to assume when the bottle runs empty, the searing hot pains of a hangover signal a bummer: the party is over. For a long time, Chris Crofton-inspired tunes and hard liquor previously propelling his art to write a country-tinged folk record, now finally seeing release— fully sober. In the wake of a tough breakup he kept clear of the booze — a life change that happened during said relationship — and laid heartbreaking words to -esque melodies for a solid ten tracks, among them rootsy existentialist banger "UFO Hunters," which features 's .

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