This third album by Departure Lounge follows its critically lauded predecessors, OUT OF THERE (May 2000), and the instrumental JETLAG DREAMS (Sept 2001). With French national treasure Kid Loco in the producer¯s chair, TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG sees the itinerant English quartet moving up to a new level of musical ambition and adventure. 

Take the invention of Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev or Beta Band, the resonance of David Gray and Belle + Sebastian, the majesty of New Order, and the filmic atmospherics of DJ Shadow. Add in elements of country, blues, Reed/Dylan/Cohen's dry sense of humor, all set to a seductive groove, and the result is a collection of songs at once bittersweet, and truly gorgeous. 

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG features bandmembers playing an array of instruments and found objects, and guest appearances from Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, Robyn Hitchcock, Lisa O'Neill (Sing Sing) and Kid Loco himself. (Tim's voice can be heard gracing 6 of 10 tracks on Kid Loco's new KILL YOUR DARLINGS album.) 

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JAKE KYLE --  double bass, bass, acoustic, electric guitar, trumpet, vocals 

TIM KEEGAN --  vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, theremin 

LINDSAY JAMIESON --  drums, percussion, piano, flute, casiotone, organ, vocals 

CHRIS ANDERSON --  hammond and pump organ, midi, saxophone, oboe, electravibe, vocals 

Magnet calls their latest record: "a work that rates as one of 2002's candidates for record-of-the-year honors, a Forever Changes-style recipe of varying musical ingredients (trip hop,psych/rock, twee '60s pop, show tunes) folded into a batter as sticky as it is tasty. Too Late is a top-to-bottom masterwork, with several compositions (the propulsive sway of "Straight Line To The Kerb," the wobbly Screamadelicagroove of "King Kong Frown," the pristine, chiming "Silverline") that rank among the best English pop created in a decade" 

#1 Most Added @ CMJ week-of-release.  CMJ cover review is at http://cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=34095.

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