Indie musicians will either get a kick out of Felts’ wide-eyed though somewhat cynical look at the trappings of the alternative music scene, or they’ll hide behind a tour bus seat because it all seems too real. The novel tells the tale of Maggie Corbin, “on the cusp of turning thirty, who’s spent a decade hustling on the peripheries of Chicago’s music scene. Her band, Spinning Birds, is finally hitting all the right notes.” Cult success withers away thanks to the streaming revolution, and she goes solo to keep things ticking along. Urgh, it all seems very familiar.
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