REV. ADAM MCKINNEY: DESOLATION WILDERNESS IS ON THE CUSP >>>

Listening to Desolation Wilderness is like hearing bubblegum pop blasting from an underwater phonograph â€" layers of guitar and keyboard swimming in a sea of reverb, sounding at once familiar and completely foreign, like finding a radio station lost in the static of night â€" if I may strain another simile.  To put it simply, Desolation Wilderness has fashioned a sound quite unique to our little corner of the world.

While it lacks the dirty rock sound of most of our bands, Desolation Wilderness doesn’t dip into the quiet folk that seems to consume the rest of our talent either.

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They play The Den tonight at 7 p.m.

[The Den at urbanXchange, with Lapuda, Humble Cub, Alexander & the Optimistics, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 7 p.m., $5, 1932 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.2280]