PINEWOOD SMILE 02/14/2021 Can't Help the Way I

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David Lovering's propulsive drumming

and is likely to sweep up fans of that album with a consistent sound and intensity

there's stronger vocal melodies and more melodies overall

much like every other Ariel Pink release so far

PINEWOOD SMILE 02/14/2021 Can't Help the Way IThe fifth full length release and the first Darkness outing for Cooking Vinyl, Pinewood Smile is also the inaugural studio jaunt for new drummer Rufus Tiger Taylor (son of Queen's Roger Taylor), who took over for Emily Dolan Davies after the release of 2015's excellent Last of Our Kind. That LP was a good distillation of what makes the Darkness so compelling at their best, they're a near perfect amalgam of Thin Lizzy, Queen, Led Zeppelin, and AC DC;