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| | eye - Remain in light - 10.09.03 |
 | | And with those words, Webb provides a perfectly succinct introduction to the Cons' spectacular new album, Shine a Light, their first for Seattle indie institution Sub Pop Records, who were one of a handful of US labels wowed by the SXSW spectacle. |
 | | As on their debut, Webb's parched-throat prose straddles a reverence for classic-rock mythology and a punk-inspired desire to destroy it: kill your idols, just be sure to pay your respects at the funeral. |
 | | But importantly, Shine a Light tempers the debut's idealistic, polemic proclamations with a more realistic but altogether more optimistic outlook -- one ironically inspired by Webb, singer/guitarist Steve Lambke and bassist Dallas Wehrle's relocation from the cozy communalism of Guelph to Toronto in 2001. |
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