Sheer Mag Unite the Personal and Political on Bold Concept Album ‘A Distant Call’
A Sheer Mag concept album? A few years ago, when the Philly quintet was stirring up well-deserved buzz with its bite-sized punk-meets–hard-rock gems, the idea would have seemed far-fetched. But after 2017’s Need to Feel Your Love, an outstanding debut LP that found them tastefully accenting their sound with R&b and funk, the band is back with a more unified set of songs that flow together in a single arc.To be fair, Sheer Mag have always excelled at storytelling in miniature: From “Fan the Flames,” a sobering ...