Time Well Wasted

The Deathrays absorb influences from the 'British invasion' staples the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Zombies, to Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys, to the Ramones and the Replacements. They're about songs, songs, and more songs, Dufilho's oft-understated expressions blooming within charmingly eccentric arrangements and bouncing progressions mottled with showers of guitar and keys.