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New Lost Balloons (Radioactivity, Suspicious Beasts)

Posted by Loren on May 14, 2017

On June 16, Dirtnap Records will release Hey Summer, the second LP from Lost Balloons.

Lost Balloons is a '60s pop-influenced two-person band featuring Jeff Burke (Marked Men, Radioactivity, more) and Yusuke Okada (Blotto, Suspicious Minds).

The duo previously released an aponymous album in 2015 on Alien Snatch Records.

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