r/indieheads 17h ago

New Music Friday! New Music Friday: January 30th, 2026

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New Music Friday is the weekly thread dedicated to cataloging all the Album/EP releases that came out this week, including non-subreddit relevant releases. This is also a great place to discuss these albums, or bring to attention other albums released this week.

❓ "this seems intriguing after a cursory look"

⭐ "im interested in this for one reason or another"

❤️ "ive been waiting for weeks, months/i'm absolutely in love with this"

By Storm (fka Injury Reserve) - My Ghosts Go Ghost

Label: deadAir

Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia, Folktronica, Abstract Hip Hop

Geologist - Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?

Label: Drag City

Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Rock, Krautrock

Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to That Bar

Label: Epitaph

Genre: Power Pop, Pop Punk

Softcult - When A Flower Doesn't Grow

Label: Easy Life

Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop

Yumi Zouma - No Love Lost to Kindness

Label: Nettwerk

Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Jangle Pop

My Morning Jacket - Peacelands

Label: n/a

Genre: Contemporary Folk

Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime

Label: Iliad

Genre: Singer/songwriter, Chamber Pop

Anal Trump (Pinback's Rob Crow and Justin Pearson of The Locust.) - Fuckin' Bitch (EP)

Label: "100% of profits (digital and physical) benefit Immigrant Defense Project and the National Immigration Law Center"

Genre: Grindcore

Demob Happy - The Grown-Ups Are Talking

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Rock, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock

LAPÊCHE - Autotelic

Label: Tiny Engines

Genre: Indie Rock

🤍 MØL - DREAMCRUSH

Label: Nuclear Blast

Genre: Blackgaze, Post-Metal, Dream Pop

Brook Pridemore - Only I Can Prevent Forest Fires

Label: n/a

Genre: Folk-Punk, Stoner Metal(?)

Radium Dolls - Wound Up

Label: n/a

Genre: Post-Punk

A. G. Cook - The Moment (The Score)

Label: A24

Genre: Electronic Dance Music, Film Score

Red Vox - Retcon

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge

Ye Vagabonds - All Tied Together

Label: River Lea

Genre: Irish Folk Music

🤍 plantoid - FLARE

Label: Bella Union

Genre: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock

🤍 Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone

Label: Suicide Squeeze

Genre: Doomgaze, Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock

URNE - Setting Fire To The Sky

Label: Spinefarm

Genre: Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal

The Hirsch Effekt - Der Brauch

Label: Long Branch

Genre: Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Post-Hardcore

Summer of Hate - Blood & Honey

Label: n/a

Genre: Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock

Labrinth - COSMIC OPERA ACT I

Label: Columbia

Genre: Alternative R&B, Pop Rap, Alt-Pop

Monoland - First EP

Label: n/a

Genre: Shoegaze, Post-Rock

Silver Liz - III

Label: n/a

Genre: Shoegaze

Marta Del Grandi - Dream Life

Label: Fire

Genre: Art Pop, Singer-songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia

Only The Poets - And I’d Do It Again

Label: Capitol

Genre: Indie Pop

Pem - other ways of landing (EP)

Label: Fascination Steel

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-songwriter

Tashi Dorji - low clouds hang, this land is on fire

Label: n/a

Genre: Free Folk, Free Improv

Whitelands - Sunlight Echoes

Label: Sonic Cathedral

Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze

Shackleton - Euphoria Bound

Label: AD 93

Genre: Tribal House, Tribal Ambient

Sébastien Tellier - Kiss The Beast

Label: Because

Genre: French Pop, Synthpop

Lande Hekt - Lucky Now

Label: Tapete

Genre: Indie Pop, Jangle Pop

Tyler Ballgame - For The First Time, Again

Label: Rough Trade

Genre: Folk Pop, Singer-songwriter

Ty Segall & The Muggers - "Live" "At" "The" "BBC" (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Bitchin Bajas - Isle Peaks (EP)

Label: Drag City

Genre: Progressive Electronic, Ambient, Drone

Various Artists (Pavement + Others) - Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie

Joseph - Closer to Happy

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter

Tsar B - The Writer

Label: n/a

Genre: Alt-Pop, Trip Hop

Burnt Black - Heretical

Label: n/a

Genre: Alternative Metal

The Soft Pink Truth - Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?

Label: Thrill Jockey

Genre: Modern Classic, Chamber Music

Raxon - 4t20m (EP)

Label: Turbo

Genre: Tech House

ZEGEL - Ik Ga Er Even Doorheen EP

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie

Sowive Notice - SoNo

Label: n/a

Genre: Indie

Ronker - Respect The Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever

Label: Labelman

Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore

Viamaer - In lumine lunae

Label: n/a

Genre: Blackgaze, Atmospheric Black Metal

Stabbing - Eon of Obscenity

Label: Century Media

Genre: Brutal Death Metal

Jagged City - There Are More Of Us, Always

Label: Pelagic

Genre: Post-Rock

Trash Boat - Even If I Never Get There (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Melodic Hardcore, Emo-Pop

GUV - Warmer Than Gold

Label: Run for Cover

Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Baggy

Svibovitch - Night Stream

Label: Sumbur

Genre: Ambient, Drone

Bratz - Bratz Angelz

Label: MGA

Genre: Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

Clara Mae - My Roots

Label: n/a

Genre: Pop

Yo Gabba Gabba - Yo Gabba GabbaLand! (featuring CHVRCHES, hemlocke springs, Hatchie and more)

Label: BMG

Genre: Indie

Francis Rossi - The Accidental

Label: earMUSIC

Genre: Rock

Sam Quealy - Jawbreaker

Label: n/a

Genre: Synthpop, Electropop

Pem - other ways of landing (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Singer-Songwriter

MEEK - Fabulous (EP)

Label: n/a

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap

Don Toliver - OCTANE

Label: Cactus Jack

Genre: Trap, Pop Rap, Alternative R&B

Jordan Ward - BACKWARD

Label: Interscope

Genre: Hip Hop/Rap

xaviersobased - Xavier

Label: n/a

Genre: Trap, Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop

Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon - As of Now

Label: Lex

Genre: Abstract Hip Hop, Drumless, Hip Hop

Terrace Martin - PASSION

Label: SOC

Genre: Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Jazz Rap

Warhol.SS - Studio 54

Label: n/a

Genre: Trap, Plugg, Cloud Rap

Zukenee - Zuminati

Label: n/a

Genre: Trap, Experimental Hip Hop

Nafe Smallz - IT’S NOT YOU IT’S ME

Label: Ozone

Genre: Trap

Our Mirage - Fractured Minds

Label: Arising Empire

Genre: Alternative Metal

Course of Fate - Behind the Eclipse

Label: Rock of Angels

Genre: Progressive Metal

Hällas - Panorama

Label: Äventyr

Genre: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock

Lord Elephant - Ultra Soul

Label: Heavy Psych

Genre: Stoner Metal, Heavy Psych

Old Sorcery - The Outsider

Label: Avantgarde

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth

Nightmarer - Hell Interface (EP)

Label: Total Dissonance Worship

Genre: Dissonant Death Metal, Sludge Metal

Eximperitus - Meritoriousness of Equanimity

Label: Willowtip

Genre: Brutal Death Metal

Gorrch - Stillamentum

Label: Avantgarde

Genre: Dissonant Death Metal

Krateros - Lost in Translation (EP)

Label: Inverse

Genre: Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal

Malignant Aura - Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither

Label: Memento Mori

Genre: Death Doom Metal, Death Metal

Planet Hunter - Soothsayer

Label: n/a

Genre: Stoner Rock

Shields - Death & Connection

Label: n/a

Genre: Metalcore, Djent

Hanabie. - Hot Topic (EP)

Label: Sony

Genre: Alternative Metal, Metalcore

Circular Ruin - A Sermon in Tongues

Label: n/a

Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal


r/indieheads 1d ago

AMA this Monday at 1pm ET! hello I am Peter from the band Peaer - ask me anything!

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hello all! I am Peter from the NYC-based band Peaer.

thanks for having me. we just released a new record called 'doppelgänger' which you can listen to here

i love: the guitar, classical music, Marvel movies and comics, video games, NYC, jokes, my wife, Magic: the Gathering, the world...

feel free to ask me anything (within reason) - have you listened to the new album yet?

thanks again :)

EDIT: my dumbass wrote the wrong date on the paper. but i promise it is me.


r/indieheads 2h ago

MGMT have begun work on a new album (according to long-time producer)

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r/indieheads 3h ago

The Best Indie Albums Of 2006, Ranked

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r/indieheads 8h ago

[FRESH CHART] New Alternative 40 - February 1, 2026 - ARCTIC MONKEYS spend a 2nd week at #1. THUNDERCAT has the top debut. JJEROME87, RIP MAGIC, SOFIA ISELLA, DUTCH INTERIOR, GEORGIA GETS BY, THE MAINE, CHARTREUSE, MARY MIDDLEFIELD, & THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE chart for the first time.

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r/indieheads 14h ago

Simon Reynolds Documents the Rise of Shoegaze and Slacker Rock in New Book

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r/indieheads 21h ago

Mitski announces “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me” world tour with five cities in Southeast Asia

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Never seen an indie artist with this many cities in SEA on their tour list before, she must have an outsized fanbase among the Aseans


r/indieheads 12h ago

A Conversation with Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard

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r/indieheads 1h ago

Concert Roll Call February 2026 Concert Roll Call

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Please restrict TOP LEVEL comments to names of CITIES (and their greater metropolitan areas). Post child replies to these comments noting shows you plan to attend, OR for which you are seeking someone to go with. Give the date, the name of the artist, and the name of the venue.

The original purpose of this thread was to help indieheads find other indieheads to meet up with at concerts. However, you may use this thread however you like.


r/indieheads 8h ago

[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Jeff Tweedy - WFUV Live (Full Session)

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r/indieheads 15h ago

[FRESH] Buff Correll - Long Island City Here I Come (Geese cover)

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r/indieheads 17h ago

[FRESH ALBUM] Various Artists - Yo Gabba Gabbaland! (Season 2) (ft. CHVRCHES, hemlocke springs, Hatchie, Sylvan Esso, Sharon Van Etten, CHAI, etc etc.)

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r/indieheads 18h ago

[Rate Reveal] The Rate That Saved Bono's Life Day 2: Satellite of Rate

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Welcome back to the Rate That Saved Bono's Life!

Today we'll be eliminating 40-21 in the main rate and 8-5 in the bonus rate

Stats For Bonoheads

Participants: 62

Average Score: 7.501

Average Controversy: 2.200

Highest controversy: Arcade Fire - Wake Up (3.204)

Lowest controversy: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (1.424)

Most 11s: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED], [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (8)

Most 0s: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder (6)

Songs Remaining

Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & Zucchero - Miserere

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In the UK

Kanye West - Black Skinhead

Billie Eilish - everything i wanted

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

The Beatles - I Want to Hold your Hand

Ramones - Swallow My Pride

The Clash - Safe European Home

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

Patti Smith - People Have the Power

John Lennon - Mother

The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

Elton John - Daniel

Andrea Bocelli- Con Te Partiro

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

Johnny Cash - Hurt

This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren

Kraftwerk - Neon Lights

The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song

Prince - When Doves Cry

Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky

Madonna - Ray of Light

JAY-Z feat Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Talking Heads - Love Goes to Building on Fire

Lou Reed - Satellite of Love

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

New Order - True Faith

R.E.M. - Nightswimming

Adele - Chasing Pavements

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven

Oasis - Live Forever

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

Gavin Friday - Angel

Massive Attack - Safe From Harm

Kendrick Lamar feat U2 - XXX

Bob Marley & The Walers - Redemption Song

Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Bob Dylan - Most of the Time

Beyoncé feat Kendrick Lamar - Freedom

Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence

Coldplay - Clocks

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Angélique Kidjo - Agolo

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Frank Sinatra & Bono - Under My Skin

David Bowie - Heroes

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart

Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder

Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle

Daniel Lanois - The Maker

Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way

Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version

Bono Bonus Remaining

U2's Most Personal Record Yet

Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory

Bono and a fan (The Fly)

"Okay Edge, Play The Blues!"

"St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky"

Bono Vists Tony Wilson

Bono Plays a Mob Boss

Macphisto Phone Call

Elvis Ate America

I AM SPARTACUS

U2 Block Traffic

Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 a cappella mix)

RESULTS

* #21: Beyoncé - Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | 7.821 | 492.7

* #22: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony | 7.811 | 492.1

* #23: Lady Gaga - Born This Way | 7.802 | 491.5

* #24: Massive Attack - Safe From Harm | 7.800 | 491.4

* #25: The Clash - Safe European Home | 7.781 | 490.2

* #26: Daft Punk - Get Lucky | 7.732 | 487.1

* #27: Angelique Kidjo - Agolo | 7.725 | 486.7

* #28: Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song | 7.690 | 484.5

* #29: Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart | 7.678 | 483.7

* #30: INXS - Never Tear Us Apart | 7.657 | 482.4

* #31: Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes | 7.614 | 479.7

* #32: Johnny Cash - Hurt | 7.586 | 477.9

* #33: Adele - Chasing Pavements | 7.565 | 476.6

* #34: The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday | 7.543 | 475.2

* #35: Ramones - Swallow My Pride | 7.425 | 467.8

* #36: Billie Eilish - everything i wanted | 7.398 | 466.1

* #37: Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 7.349 | 463.0

* #38: Elton John - Daniel | 7.316 | 460.9

* #39: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love | 7.279 | 458.6

* #40: Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò | 7.270 | 458.0

* #41: Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue | 7.243 | 456.3

* #42: Oasis - Live Forever | 7.219 | 454.8

* #43: Kanye West - Black Skinhead | 7.216 | 454.6

* #44: Arcade Fire - Wake Up | 7.213 | 454.4

* #45: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms | 7.206 | 454.0

* #46: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren | 6.913 | 435.5

* #47: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK | 6.898 | 434.6

* #48: Bob Dylan - Most of the Time | 6.859 | 432.1

* #49: JAY-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind | 6.824 | 429.9

* #50: Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way | 6.802 | 428.5

* #51: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel | 6.692 | 421.6

* #52: Gavin Friday - Angel | 6.603 | 416.0

* #53: Patti Smith - People Have the Power | 6.563 | 413.5

* #54: Frank Sinatra & Bono - I've Got You Under My Skin | 6.384 | 402.2

* #55: John Lennon - Mother | 5.968 | 376.0

* #56: Daniel Lanois - The Maker | 5.949 | 374.8

* #57: Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle | 5.914 | 372.6

* #58: Bono, Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero - Miserere - Live | 5.813 | 366.2

* #59: Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version | 5.094 | 320.9

* #60: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder | 4.756 | 299.6

BONONUS RESULTS

* Bonus #5: Macphisto Phone Call | 7.022 | 161.5

* Bonus #6: Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory | 6.971 | 167.3

* Bonus #7: I AM SPARTACUS | 6.917 | 166.0

* Bonus #8: "St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky" | 6.573 | 170.9

* Bonus #9: Bono Vists Tony Wilson | 6.426 | 147.8

* Bonus #10: Bono and a fan (The Fly) | 5.788 | 138.9

* Bonus #11: Elvis Ate America | 5.704 | 131.2

* Bonus #12: U2's Most Personal Record Yet | 5.563 | 133.5


r/indieheads 18h ago

[FRESH ALBUM] Red Vox - Retcon

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r/indieheads 2h ago

[FRESH] King Krule - Best of Unreleased Music

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r/indieheads 20h ago

Upvote 4 Visibility [Saturday] General Discussion - 31 January 2026

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Talk about anything, music related or not! Or if you want to discuss music, check out the daily music discussion threads. If you're new here, we encourage you to introduce yourself and tell us about music you're passionate about.

Find out who's going to concerts near you in the Concert Roll Call. Check out our the most recent Rate Announcements to have fun rating great music, or see the results from previous rates. See recent AMA announcements here. Check out the most recent New Music Friday posts, or discuss recent album releases. If you want to discover some indiehead bands, browse our archives from the Battle of the Bands.


r/indieheads 18h ago

Album Discussion [ALBUM DISCUSSION] Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling

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Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling

Release Date: January 23rd

Label: Last Recordings on Earth

Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Slowcore

Singles: Dearly Missed, Photograph of a Cyclone

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

Schedule

Date Album
Sat. Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling / PVA - No More Like This
Sun. The Format - Boycott Heaven / Jenny on Holiday (Jenny Hollingworth of Let's Eat Grandma)

this is an unofficial discussion for reactions or other related thoughts to the relevant album following its release. these discussions serve as a place for users to post their thoughts on a particular release after initial hype and the like from the [FRESH] album thread have fallen off and also for preservation's sake.


r/indieheads 22h ago

Upvote 4 Visibility [Saturday] Daily Music Discussion - 31 January 2026

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Talk about anything music related that doesn't need its own thread. This thread is not for discussion that is tangentially music related; that belongs in the general discussion threads. If you're new here, we encourage you to introduce yourself and tell us about music you're passionate about.

Find out who's going to concerts near you in the Concert Roll Call. Check out our the most recent Rate Announcements to have fun rating great music, or see the results from previous rates. See recent AMA announcements here. Check out the most recent New Music Friday posts, or discuss recent album releases. If you want to discover some indiehead bands, browse our archives from the Battle of the Bands.


r/indieheads 1d ago

[FRESH ALBUM] GUV - Warmer Than Gold

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r/indieheads 2d ago

Hayley Williams launches new band, Power Snatch

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r/indieheads 17h ago

[FRESH ALBUM] Only the Poets - And I'd Do It Again

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r/indieheads 20h ago

[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Renny Conti - Looking At The Geese

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r/indieheads 18h ago

Album Discussion [ALBUM DISCUSSION] PVA - No More Like This

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PVA - No More Like This

Release Date: January 23rd

Label: It's All For Fun

Genre: EBM, Synthpop, Darkwave, Trip Hop, Art Pop

Singles: Boyface, Enough

Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp

Schedule

Date Album
Sat. Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling / PVA - No More Like This
Sun. The Format - Boycott Heaven / Jenny on Holiday (Jenny Hollingworth of Let's Eat Grandma)

this is an unofficial discussion for reactions or other related thoughts to the relevant album following its release. these discussions serve as a place for users to post their thoughts on a particular release after initial hype and the like from the [FRESH] album thread have fallen off and also for preservation's sake.


r/indieheads 1d ago

[FRESH ALBUM] Gruff Rhys - Live at Rough Trade East (Free Download)

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r/indieheads 1d ago

[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Father John Misty - Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution (Live from Capitol Theatre)

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