Observatory - Aeon Station: Review
Aeon Station is the newly minted solo project of Kevin Whelan, former bassist and co-vocalist of New Jersey indie rock and emo band The Wrens. In the nearly two decades since their last release they garnered a reputation as a legendary live act, found universal acclaim for their third record Meadowlands and then seemed to fade into the background. In an interview earlier this year Kevin expressed that Aeon Station was the result of frustration with the inability to get Wrens songs released and that a number of these tracks were intended for an unreleased 4th Wrens album. Review By Lav: Oh how I've waited for this. Okay maybe I haven't waited as long as some people considering I was some level of musically ignorant preschooler when The Wrens released Meadowlands . But somewhere between then and now I fell in love with the record and really the bands entire catalog, right about the time that waiting for a follow-up started to seem silly. But wait I did, and while the wait hasn...