Download a new Free Energy song, read a book review by singer Paul Sprangers
Photo by John Vettese
This story is wonderfully entertaining and written at a level appropriate for young readers, however there is a darkness in the content that will the sting the hearts of older, more cynical readers who might realize that they’ve inadvertently sacrificed their personal dreams and fantasies for the crude, fleeting satisfactions of the material world.
Read Sprangers’ entire book review, and download the song “Get Ready” at Stereogum.
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