The Lower Aetna Unravel Mythology in the Pine Barrens

LGBTQIA+
By
Rachel Cholst
July 11, 2024
Rainbow Rodeo - A Queer Country Magazine
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The Lower Aetna began as a lonely quarantine project by Dylan Gallimore. His previous band, the Philadelphia-based Honeyjar, had just taken an indefinite hiatus and Gallimore began to feverishly write — literally, since he was sick with COVID-19. After firing off a stadium rock-inspired album, Waiting for God to Turn on the Lights, The Lower Aetna has turned their sites to Americana and his home — the majestic forests of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

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