Only Three Lads: Top 5 Album 1-2 Punches with Ben Crum from Great Lakes

BIFF! This week, we're focusing on Album 1-2 punches...that is, albums where the first two songs knock you out.

BANG! Our Third Lad is Ben Crum from long-running Elephant 6 band Great Lakes.

POW! More than 25 years and eight records on from Great Lakes' classic debut, Ben Crum returns with a fantastic new Great Lakes album, Don't Swim Too Close (HHBTM Records). The immediately accessible record draws from classic rock tradition, echoing both the Americana spirit of The Band and Neil Young and the proto-indie rock of Television and the Velvet Underground. Crum's dry humor bubbles up throughout, tempering heavy, earnest moments with wit.

WHAMMO! This is very likely to be the only music podcast you listen to today that incorporates both boxing and Scuffy the Tugboat references. KO!!

Thanks for Mike Turner from HHBTM Records for the introduction and coordination.

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