Fresh and local: Peace says goodbye with Magic Cities

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      Peace’s latest release is also, sadly, its last word.

      The long-running Vancouver four-piece played its final show last summer, with Magic Cities already recorded but unreleased until now. Admirers of Peace’s 2012 studio outing, The World Is Too Much With Us, will find the new disc a logical continuation of the postpunk act’s shift to a more melodic sound delivered with deftness and subtlety.

      Singer-guitarist Dan Geddes still leans on his half-spoken delivery sometimes, but his baritone croon is abundantly tuneful on numbers like “Prayer” and “Pink Cloud”, where it receives confident support from bassist Connor Mayer, drummer Geoff Dembicki, and guitarist Mike Willock.

      Rest in peace, Peace; we hardly knew ye.

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