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With For The Good of the Nation, See Peoples issue as fine a debut as any. The music is a rich tapestry of sound -- warm keyboards, echoing rhythms, acoustic guitars, mysterious synthesizers, and other sonic goodies. The long "Here We Go" builds from a dubby spaciness up into a wonderfully chaotic blurp-shooting frenzy that sounds like the equal product of a live band and a buncha guys playing around in a studio. The title track begins ambiently and gathers adventurous organ-driven speed - sounding a bit like Spiritualized, oddly enough - without losing an iota of its beauty before releasing into further abstraction. The whole thing is adroitly professional and admirable. As suggested by the title, the lyrics are politicized, though not (for the most part) overly polemic. Former Morphine saxophonist Dana Colley makes guest appearances on two cuts. Big ups to See Peoples.