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Tales Of Love, Loss, And Outlaws RESIST

eddling fierce emotional strain with raw, whiskeyed angst à la belting bluesrock riffs, Amends hit a staunch ream of jaw-dropping highs on the suitably titled . It’s impressive, the dexterity with which the band play into the smokiness and sleaze of their Southern influences - hadn’t we known any better, we’d swear these Western Sydney vagabonds were hard-worn Nashville lifers. The tense emo slick they pierce it with fits unyieldingly,

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