Album Press

• CMJ

  Throughout the `80s, Steve Wynn gained notoriety as the guiding force behind Los Angeles' renowned Dream Syndicate. His third solo outing, the self-produced Fluorescent, only vaguely recalls that outfit's psychedelically-edged rock textures, and concentrates instead on a more stripped-down, focused and countrified approach. While Fluorescent certainly sounds well-mapped out, the songs that appear on the album are, for the mostmore
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• Rolling Stone

  On this, his third solo bid, he's singing neofolk alongside John Wesley Harding and Victoria Williams. Stripping down suits his songwriting: "That's Why I Wear Black" sounds almost like a rediscovered Woody Guthrie tune, and "Wedding Bells" seems a country standard.
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