Archers of Loaf - Reason In Decline - White Red & Purple Swirl Release:Reason In Decline - White Red & Purple Swirl Merge Records Didier and Francis Lockwood have

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Archers of Loaf - Reason In Decline - White Red & Purple Swirl Release:Reason In Decline - White Red & Purple Swirl Merge Records Didier and Francis Lockwood haveReason in Decline, Archers of Loaf's first studio album since the 1998 release of White Trash Heroes, is no nostalgic, low impact reboot. When they emerged from North Carolina's '90s indie punk incubator, the Archers' hurtling, sly, gloriously dissonant roar was a mythologized touchstone of slacker era refusal. But this new LP is an entirely different noise. In fact, it's a startling revelation. Guitarists Eric Bachmann and Eric Johnson, once