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(Insert amusing quip about how fun the band fun. is.) But it is becoming more and more apparent that this band picked )#$!!+%8#)&F(<!+/(#7"*#!'(+*#%).(9#M)<@#-+!'#!'(+*#,"6'"."*(# album, the trio of members from the Format, Steel Train, and ?%)!')00"#*(0(),(&#J".(#T+8'!,#"%#V(>*5)*K#P`9#='+,#)0>5.# feels a little more daring and unexpected, sounding less and 0(,,#0+@(#!'(+*#6*(/+"5,#-"*@9#C')%%(0+%8#-(+*&#>(00,#)%&#&*5.,;# 6(66K#,0)6,#"7#*'K!'.#85+!)*;#)%&#"<<),+"%)0#)5!"S!5%(&#/"<)0,# coupled with thumping 808 beats, the boys took risks in more ways than one. #='(#$*,!#,+%80(#"77#!'(#)0>5.;#E:(#?*(#U"5%8i;#7()!5*+%8#B)%(00(# L"%€(;#'),#)0*()&K#>0"-%#56#!'(#)+*-)/(,;#'"0&+%8#&"-%#!'(# }`#,6"!#"%#+=5%(,#)%&#60)K+%8#+%#)#'+8'0K#<"/(!(&#<"..(*<+)0# spot during the Super Bowl. But it is the bizarre songs that are the gems on the album. “Stars” is a weird little wonder- starting off with a beginning straight out of a 80’s hair band guitar riff, lead singer Nate Ruess eases into a whisper, auto-tuned and
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