What do you expect from a band that hasn't released any music in over 30 years? Probably nothing, usually. But in this case, you will find the unexpected. Released 3 years ago today, this is the second studio album from the oddly-named band Chagall Guevara. The band's members had a successful crowd-funding campaign in 2020, and one of the excellent results was Halcyon Days, a collection of mostly new songs from this band that had not played for nearly 30 years but was mostly music industry veterans. (A few songs were written in that early '90s era, and there's an excellent Mark Heard cover to close out the album as well.) It's an eclectic collection of music, with "Still Know Your Number By Heart" having a country lilt and other songs being much more of a classic rock style. The lyrics are a bit of a puzzle, but definitely have a dry humor and do a bit of poking fun at the establishment and the music industry. It's definitely not a new band and it's a bit of a throwback sound, but it's fun to hear some new recordings from a band that has resurrected after 30 years of the members doing other things.

Release Year: 2022
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