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Dream Syndicate

These Times

Anti- Records

The new album from Steve Wynn and company is another fine one. Musically, it’s solid, with great guitar playing. They’re still successfully updating the Velvet Underground.

A new wrinkle is that Wynn and the band sound happy, even content. It doesn’t mean they're blissed out. They're still wary about this newfound state of mind, but figure it’ll pass.

Put the two together, music and lyrics, and it’s positive music that really rocks, and really says something about being happy.

Andrea Weiss