Pretenders – Pretenders II (Vinyl) Charli XCX and Interscope Records

and Interscope Records

As the album opens with the minimal "Black Ants in Sound-Dust

Recorded on a portable 4-track it was distinctly lo-fi and in tune with the DIY ethic at the heart of the burgeoning Flying Nun label

more than 30 years later

” says Lenker

Pretenders – Pretenders II (Vinyl) Charli XCX and Interscope RecordsPretenders II is an unabashed sequel to The Pretenders' debut album, offering more of the same sound, attitude, and swagger but a little slicker and more stylized than its predecessor. Any album where rockers as tough as "Message of Love" and "The Adultress" are balanced by a pop tune as lovely as "Talk of the Town" is hard to resist. And when you realize that this fantastic band only recorded two albums, you take that second album, warts and all,