This single features art-pop weirdness from a friendly Atlantan named Mike Koenig, once a late-stage member of the great band Bob.  Lesbian Afternoon ain't no band, but rather a one-man operation with some lofty and artistic goals.  Koenig dresses up the rocking A-side "Three Owls Teahaus" with impressive studio trickery like a lo-fi Eno, and he recalls a more dramatic Thinking Fellers Union (etc.) in the process.  He plays it relatively straight on the B-side, "Pass the Joint," acoustic pop that recalls a less obtuse Ariel Pink. Both sides have a bit of that Pinkish outsidery pop savant feel, but not quite as effortless or extraterrestrial. Good work, Mike!

Garrett Martin

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