Karl Blau - Dance Positive

Even by Karl Blau's normal standards, Dance Positive is a weirdly insular little record. Although increasingly better known to a more mainstream audience as a key member of Laura Veirs' backing band, the Saltbreakers, Blau first gained notice to indie hipsters as one third of D+, the trio that singer and guitarist Bret Lunsford formed with Blau and drummer Phil Elvrum (The Microphones) after Beat Happening broke up. Dance Positive consists of Lunsford-penned songs from the first four D+ records, completely reworked in the amiably offbeat style of Blau's previous three solo albums. Read More