Band Crush: Day Wave
altcitizen
August 26, 2015
It seems that all I’ve been hearing about lately is Day Wave. The feel good, alt-pop of Day Wave — aka Jackson Phillips — was
It seems that all I’ve been hearing about lately is Day Wave. The feel good, alt-pop of Day Wave — aka Jackson Phillips — was
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