Beauty Land: Cassette Telefon Tel Aviv Cover art by Brooklyn based

Cover art by Brooklyn based artist Adam Helms

Close to seven decades on

Covering the likes of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Homeward Bound’

just not purists

even attracting younger listeners

Beauty Land: Cassette Telefon Tel Aviv Cover art by Brooklyn basedGreg Mendez has always been an economical songwriter he wields restraint and simplicity as tools, the core of his songs sharpened into simple, cutting truths. On Beauty Land, his new album and debut LP for Dead Oceans, were guided by a wry but forgiving narrator, an underdog who has learned to balance cynicism and faith. These songs are self effacing without self pity, carefully constructed altars of imperfection channeled through pop melodies,