Premiere: Beard Bates, ‘Lions Sheep Birds’
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Beard Bates’ new single was inspired by a near-death experience — and the notion that in the afterlife you can rewrite the past. Come for the beard, stay for the baritone.

Beard Bates’ new single was inspired by a near-death experience — and the notion that in the afterlife you can rewrite the past. Come for the beard, stay for the baritone.
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