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Listen To A New Song From Family Friend, "Wildfire"
(image: Dane Abernathy) January 22, 2015 by Bryne Yancey Late Bloomer’s 2014 LP Things Change was the most fully-realized collection of songs the band had recorded in their thus far young career. They took distinct spheres of influence—’80s college rock, especially that of their home state, North Carolina; SST’s early turns for roster diversity such as Hüsker Dü and Meat Puppets; guitar-forward ’90s alternative—and, somewhat ironically to their credit, didn’t try to reinvent those sounds for the 21st century as many attempt to do, so much as simply repurpose and revisit them in a simpler, more classic way.