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Review: Based in the Bay Area, Now are a DIY pop group channelling the offbeat glamour of 80s UK cassette culture and jangly mod experimentalism. This release shows them at their most refined and surreal-channelling The Soft Boys one minute and whispering beat poetry in a velvet dive bar the next. 'The Ballad of Joy Bang' shuffles along like a soundtrack to a B-movie daydream, while 'Pointe Shoes' and 'Join Our Treasure Hunt' pair melodic guitar hooks with cryptic, diaristic lyrics. The duo's knack for brevity sharpens their charm-few tracks break the three-minute mark-but every detail feels fussed over, from the fluttering Mellotron feel of 'Careening' to the lo-fi shuffle of 'Morning Trains Like Mirrors'. With members drawn from Cindy and Thunder Boys, the sound is steeped in Bay Area DIY but looks across the Atlantic for its ghosts. Equal parts sweet and sardonic, this is outsider pop that rewards close listening and soft focus.