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It’s no secret that Louis O’Callaghan (The Graze, Sun Tunnels) has long had an affinity for the quiet-loud dynamics, overblown guitars, and tortured vocal stylings of the musical art form known to many as grunge. Much of his output has been along quieter lines, but the grunge-love comes out here and there, and it’s always enjoyable. A while back Louis, along with Sam Jansons and Brian Massey, started a band, An Invitation to Love, in order to channel those grungey tendencies into one official outlet. The subject matter of An Invitation to Love’s songs would, of course, be that other key cultural touchstone of the early 1990s, the television show Twin Peaks.
You might have heard An Invitation to Love’s “Donna (To James)” on Ball of Wax Volume 19. For a while that was all many of us had heard of the band (especially those of us who are too lazy to go out to shows), but they have now released an EP, Boxcar, which you can listen to and/or download for free over at their Bandcamp page. Fans of grunge, the songwriting of Louis O’Callaghan, and/or Twin Peaks should be completely satisfied.
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