A dude picking on an acoustic guitar can be a truly terrifying thing. If you’ve even been to a college, you probably already know why. A strolling hippie with a six-string hanging off his or her patchouli and entitlement-scented backside can send whole innocent families into paroxysms of terror without even playing a note. Such is the fear of the threat. With his second solo long player, Boerum Palace, GHQ’s Steve Gunn calmly and discreetly joins the class of modern day John “Not Lawnmower Man” Fahey acolytes who say “No” to the hippie who just wants to get laid and “Yes” to the hippie who wants to backpack across Eurasfrica.
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