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First Listen: Close Talker, 'Lens'

The Saskatoon trio's songs purr seductively, with warmly shimmering guitars and an overarching subtlety that's inviting, never distant.
Close Talker's new album, <em>Lens</em>, comes out April 21.

"I feel so far away / While we're sittin' here in a similar room," Will Quiring sings about a minute into 's "Afterthought," and there's

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