Let It Pretend [LP] - VINYL

Limited colored vinyl LP pressing. Nodding to the downstroke-heavy rhythms and ethereal textures of The Stranglers and The Police on "Battery" and the pulsing, synth heavy title track, Baker shows off a spare six-string approach that places each slashing chord and ringing note with deadly economy and accuracy. Though tracks like "Light Like Speed," "So Shallow" and the ferocious "Cataract" bear the unmistakable imprint of pioneering synth-punk acts like Devo and Baker's avowed cornerstone influence Chrome, the latest Dirty Ghosts effort places an elevated focus on nuanced song craft and pop melodies carried by her growing confidence as a lead vocalist.

Chiyuki is a college student with dreams: One, to become a scriptwriter like her late mother, and two, to a¬nd her father, whom she’s never met. Living alone with no romantic experience whatsoever, Chiyuki struggles with writing stories about love. But one day, on the hunt for clues for the identity of her father, Chiyuki learns that he may have been involved in the production of a romantic drama based on a script her mother wrote before she was born. In a stroke of luck, Chiyuki lands a job as an assistant for an upcoming fi¬lm working with the sons of the former staff from her mother’s soap opera. But things take an even more surprising turn when she’s cast as the ¬film’s female love interest! Will she be able to ¬and her father and pretend to be in love, despite not knowing anything about love herself?