Hopeless Hope: Alex G's Devastating Portrait of the Fentanyl Crisis
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Alex G (Sandy) is a true throwback. All grit and nose to the music grindstone, he keeps churning out songs and albums, year after year. Flying under the radar makes no difference to this guy; he is of the 70’s singer/songwriter model by way of the 90’s. Sonically Alex G is cousin to, as often noted, Elliott Smith, what with his minor key embrace and slightly off-kilter voice in an indie-rock vein. However, there is something a bit less morose about Alex G’s work. His work evokes 90’s-nostalgia, more specifically–and most of his songs actually sound almost eerily
Hopeless Hope: Alex G's Devastating Portrait of the Fentanyl Crisis
Hopeless Hope: Alex G's Devastating Portrait…
Hopeless Hope: Alex G's Devastating Portrait of the Fentanyl Crisis
Alex G (Sandy) is a true throwback. All grit and nose to the music grindstone, he keeps churning out songs and albums, year after year. Flying under the radar makes no difference to this guy; he is of the 70’s singer/songwriter model by way of the 90’s. Sonically Alex G is cousin to, as often noted, Elliott Smith, what with his minor key embrace and slightly off-kilter voice in an indie-rock vein. However, there is something a bit less morose about Alex G’s work. His work evokes 90’s-nostalgia, more specifically–and most of his songs actually sound almost eerily