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First Listen: Welles, 'Red Trees And White Trashes'

At only 23, Wells is already writing hooks that any of his rock and roll heroes would envy.
Welles' <em>Red Trees and White Trashes</em> comes out June 15.

First rule of rock and roll: Make sure the music knows how much you love it. The music is something people make, of course, but it can feel like its own life form when you put your fingers on a guitar or some drums and play it, or feel it run through you as you're pushed up against the stage by a did it. So did and and and . Laying his claim, Jesse Wells does it too, in one of the fuzz-fed brush fires he and his band – simply called – light on this debut album.

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