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Justin Sullivan has been living something of an artistic double life for the last 8 years. Hes been playing drums in Los Angeles Flat Worms and getting back together with his NYC bandmates in The Babies, but hes also been crafting his own songs under the name Night Shop. Under this moniker, Sullivan has released two LPs and two 12 EPs and toured supporting, Widowspeak, Shannon Lay and Waxahatchee.
Waxahatchees Katie Crutchfield once described Sullivan as a well-read modern day Buddy Holly and on his new record, The Beloved Returns, he raises the bar of both the literary allusions and the rocknroll. The records title track was inspired by Thomas Mannss 1939 fictionalized biography of Goethe titled Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns and themes of desire, obsession and the places they send you are all over the record. On the sonic end, the record is louder and faster than any Night Shop record before, a result of Sullivans collaboration with the Summer Cannibals Jessica Bourdeaux who produced the record, with songs like the opener Ode To Joy II coming fast out of the gate quickly followed by Let Me Be the Lamb.
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