AEON STATION Observatory SUB POP
TO hope for the impossible is a favourite pastime of anyone who ever loved The Wrens. True believers have remained steadfast through the New Jersey band’s decades-long saga. Yet the near-misses, bad luck and self-sabotage that fill this history make it absurd to keep dreaming they’ll ever get the love they’re due.
That’s why the very existence of Aeon Station’s – the first solo album by Wrens bassist and vocalist Kevin Whelan, and ostensiblyis a triumphant expression of resilience in the face of all the hard knocks and harder lessons that fill a life.
