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| | The Von Bondies: Pawn Shoppe Heart - PopMatters Music Review |
 | | White may have co-produced the band's first album, Lack of Communication, and he might have brought them some bizarre publicity by punching vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter Jason Stollsteimer in the face, but that's all in the past now. |
 | | Stollsteimer nods to the past and present, growling, "I've been swank and loving it." The shift in verb tense, like the song as a whole, betrays a focus that's split between the sounds of both the old and new. |
 | | Early in the album, Stollsteimer sings that "No one takes you seriously when you're 24," but anyone dismissing the Von Bondies is missing the boat. |
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