Thin Lear + Niagara Moon + Heather Lynn + Emily Irving

Thin Lear, the eclectic project of NJ-based songwriter Matt Longo, evokes the haunting storytelling and glimmering production of '70s-era studio obsessives.

A Beach of Nightly Glory, the new EP produced by Matthew E. White (Natalie Prass) at Spacebomb Studio (out now via Metropolitan Groove Merchants), paints a textured picture of life's chaotic beauty, with praise and features from Bandcamp Daily, Under the Radar, the Talkhouse, and PopMatters, with Chris Ingalls declaring it "...a superb showcase for Longo's immense songwriting abilities...a throwback to the timeless compositions of artists like Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, and David Berman."

Thin Lear's previous album, Wooden Cave, arrived on EggHunt Records (Lucy Dacus), receiving glowing reviews from KEXP, The Big Takeover, AllMusic, and PopMatters (Best Albums of the Year), along with a feature on NPR's New Music Friday, with Robin Hilton calling the album "amazing."

"[O]n par with the albums that inspired it: Leonard Cohen's dark backroom soliloquies and the…