"If Captain Beefheart and Dr. Demento joined Devo, then retreated to rural Vermont and recorded a no-fi greatest-hits album — ideally in one of their mother’s basements — the result might be something akin to the latest release from Hyde Park-based savant
Jake Lion
, Lion’s Best Vol. 2. Compiling two songs each from five records released over the last three years, the 10-song retrospective is a bizarre collection of electro-pop nerdishness unlike virtually anything else being made in Vermont at the moment. Whether he’ll find an audience for his off-kilter musings remains to be seen. But one thing is for certain: Jake Lion is one of a kind."
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