IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

Exactly 30 years since they first called it quits, Californian alt-rock pioneers The Dream Syndicate are stronger, sharper, and more serious about music than they’ve ever been. Sharing only a name and lineup with the band they were in the ‘80s, the Dream Syndicate of the 21st century is a truly unique beast; when they dropped How Did I Find Myself Here? in 2017, the music industry at large was stunned. It seemed like the kind of record that only comes once in a band’s tenure, if they’re lucky – lightning in a bottle, so to speak, the variety of which rarely sparks a follow-up.

So, two years later, in comes frontman