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Dear Brian Wilson,
Glad to hear you're feeling better. What's your secret, have you been working out? Well, whatever you're doing, you look great. Try not to feel too bad. I mean, who hasn't fallen into fits of madness every now and again. We've all had one of those days or decades – the '70s in your case. Hey, you were a tormented genius and paid the full artistic price. It happens. At least it got you out of having to tour with Jesse from Full House in the '80s.
Anyway, why I'm writing – there's this band called The Heavy Blinkers. They're from Halifax. They have beaches there too. I thought this might interest you.
The Heavy Blinkers are a retro orchestral band who play songs that capture the sunny, fuzzy feeling of summertime. They are essentially following in your footsteps, writing songs that have a sweet sadness underneath delightful symphonic pop. I'm telling you, this stuff will make you want to cry and smile at the same time. The vocal harmonizing on songs such as "Silver Crown" are snippets of blissed-out love sonnets. The Night And I Are Still So Young takes the bleakness out of the everyday and somehow manages to fill a gloomy, heavy heart with a shimmer of hope, all with one beautifully sustained note.
By the way, I hear you're finally releasing SMiLE in the fall. Way to go buddy! Only took 37 years. Look forward to hearing it. Keep in touch.
Yours Truly, (4/5)
KIRSTEN KOSLOSKI
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