There are plenty of comparisons to be made between Jason Pierce’s last album 2018’s And Nothing Hurt and this year’s Everything Was Beautiful, beyond just the reverse Vonnegut quote. For
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The Beach Boys underwent what is arguably the most radical transformation of any band in the contemporary rock of the Sixties and Seventies. The group’s sound metamorphosed from its forays
