The dark horse will ride

Former Number One Cup drummer Michael Lenzi is easily one of the only Chicago musicians I've followed consistently for the last ten years. He's written some songs that remain really important to me. After Number One Cup's demise he headed up the angular and at times stressful Fire Show. His most recent project, Resplendent, has a new full length that I highly recommend checking entitled 'Am I Free?' In fact, right here you can download every Fire Show and Resplendent release as an MP3 for free. This is a very sweet gift from him to everyone. Of course it's best to just buy the albums to show full support. But, I just wanted to spread the word on an, at times, over-looked songwriter whom I admire and continue to follow.

Just this week I heard that Michael was leaving the Resplendent project behind and moving in a new direction. I have full faith in him. Over the weekend he posted this: "Guided by Voices did their last tour. I am sad. But I re-discovered how much I love the Teenage Fanclub, the Byrds and early 80s hardcore so all is ok in the world." This puts me at ease. And I await the results.