So here's an example of finding a record through referral. I've been giving music to my friend Liz (which is something I do whether I've known you for a lifetime or a week) and she turns the tables on me a couple of weeks ago and hands me this disc. OK, so I put it into rotation in the changer and it comes up a few days later and I'm smiling from song to song. First thing I thought was Garbage, then it was Missing Persons, and on the most recent spin I hear Berlin. This is my sweet-tooth, guilty pleasure of the year (Black Kids was last year's equivalent). Female-fronted, catchy Canadian synth/power pop music...radio hits across the disc (if only radio had brains). Deserving of a little research, I find this is album #4, so off I go to previous releases only to discover that there's no comparison. And apparently I'm not alone as this is their first time to chart in the U.S., for eight weeks no less. Thanks Liz!
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