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From Kai: "The soundtrack to my 18th summer riding a Chinese Taotao 50cc scooter around Taqueria Moran and four tracking my Sta-Prest-Dreams. I thought it would be cool to record a bunch of songs that never really got recorded

Sharp Pins is the super solid lo-fi noise pop project of talented Chicago musician Kai Slater of Lifeguard and Dwaal Troupe. Radio DDR was originally released as a Hallogallo tape.

Geniusz, Minor Talent, Generational Talent. Let the old folks fight it

That's the word that comes to mind when tasked with spending time on the overwhelming pop planet that belongs to Kai Slater's Sharp Pins. The universe only works when you submit: submit to love, submit to rock music. Submission to the power that comes fro

Back to where it all began. Sharp Pins' #1 record inflection point in youth revolution propaganda. A clarion teenage call for all the mods too young to skin their knees on Quadrophenia Alley. Robinson's garden on the path of the new wave. Reviews have bee