How Far AwayAlex Bleeker and the Freaks

Forget Kurt Vile's Constant Hitmaker or The War on Drugs' Wagonwheel Blues; Alex Bleeker and the Freaks' self-titled 2009 album has to be the closest thing there is to a sincere indie dad rock record. Bleeker's unfailingly affable followup, How Far Away, would probably take that honor from its predecessor, were it to actually rock at all. Instead, it ebbs, flows and meanders through much more pastoral territory. The first time around, Bleeker simply gathered his Real Est...

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