The High Strung's road-band lifestyle may be Nuggets-era retro, but Moxie Bravo, the sophomore effort by the Detroit-via-Brooklyn three-piece, is thoroughly forward-looking. Moxie Bravo's guitar hooks, well-crafted three-part harmonies and sprawling song structures can recall Village Green-era Kinks, Brian Wilson, or the Zombies, but the High Strung's sensibility links them more closely to contemporaries like past tourmates the Rosebuds and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Moxie Bravo's tightly melodic songcraft ...   [ read more ]

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REISSUE. Moxie Bravo is a sneaky record. If it were playing in the background, or blasting at the bar, a listener might mistake its energy and bombastic sound as a hell of a party album. But if that listener were to allow their ear to fasten onto the songs the record offers. he/she would discover the High Strung are onto something wholly unique. The High Strung is not garage. They do not have a bluesy bone in their bodies and Moxie Bravo reflects that. Josh Malerman, the band's singer and writer, alternate...   [ read more ]

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