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Brooklyn's experimental rock duo
Lushes feature
James Ardery on vocals, guitar, and synth and
Joel Myers on drums and electronic percussion. As
Lushes, they combine
Ardery's punk roots with
Myers' more studious background, which included borrowing CDs of
Rachmaninov and
Bach from his classically trained organist father and teaching himself to play classical piano. Evoking such post-rock greats as
Slint and
June of 44 as well as contemporaries like
Liars and
Battles,
Lushes' debut album
What Am I Doing? -- which was produced by
Bachelorette's
Annabel Alpers -- arrived in March 2014.
Myers and
Ardery recruited engineer
Aaron Mullan as well as members of
Zs,
PC Worship, and
Parquet Courts for
Service Industry, a rawer, more confrontational set that was released in October 2015. ~ Heather Phares