The Nashville SoundJoel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio · 2013

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“It’s been almost 10 years since we last heard from Joel RL Phelps & the Downer Trio, and since their new album Gala has been described as a “post-addiction and post-recovery record”, it's safe to assume that Phelps has been through some stuff in the interim. But the Downer Trio is now five albums deep, so the chemistry between Vancouver resident and former Silkworm guitarist/vocalist Phelps, drumm”