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INDIE SPOTLIGHT

With his wonderful new EP Pickup Takeout, gives listeners one of the best records of his career, a set of songs so expressive that one can only regret it boasts only six songs and no more. The lovely opening track “I Wish I Was in Love” is an achingly heartfelt ballad, told from the perspective of a man who overhears his neighbors as they constantly quarrel and then marvels at the fact they can’t relish their relationship. “Bike Week” has Byrd representing a guy who drives his motorcycle to Daytona Beach for the annual celebratory summit, while reveling in the liberation that comes

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