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In Pursuit of Something Interesting: Blood Banks - "Dear Tomorrow"

Blood Banks is a band that was born from the Minneapolis punk scene. Its members came from acts like Cadillac Blindside and the Dirty Hits, which were staples on college radio in the late 90s and early 2000s, and with a pedigree like that, it's easy to see why their sophomore release  Dear Tomorrow feels right at home among bands that were already established staples in the punk world or hit their stride during that era.  Dear Tomorrow  is a release that is both familiar yet a little different, and as a follow up their 2017 debut  Be Alive  the band is showing they have hit their stride too. From the first note of the prophetic intro on "Night Falls," the songs on Dear Tomorrow feel like they all tell a story of events that take place over a single night. The spaghetti western tone paints a foreboding picture that compels the listener into the earnest story of unrequited love told during the following song, "Last Night." It is this attenti...