These days everyone wants to put music in a box, everything has to be compartmentalized, and then along comes a group like L. S. Dunes, and their new record Past Lives. Originally put together by the drummer from the band Thursday, Tucker Rule, the band consists of members of Coheed And Cambria, My Chemical Romance, and Circa Survive/The Sounds of Animals Fighting. Some have even called L.S. Dunes a punk “supergroup” (whatever that is.) Hailing from New Jersey, Tucker Rule is well aware of the New Jersey musical tradition. In the last 20 years (or so) that has manifested itself in a major New Jersey indie and punk music scene that has blossomed into a major force in the indie music scene. Now that scene has a new band and a new record to support and enjoy. That’s where we began.

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