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[INDIE] Indie rock band Foxygen is a duo, but their latest album, Hang, was recorded with a 40-piece orchestra. It’s evident as soon as you click play on the first track, “Follow the Leader,” that this, like most of Foxygen’s previous releases, is a retro-nostalgic affair—and their use of pianos, horns, and vocal chorus groups, are an essential part of getting that sound right. Though most of their fans probably aren’t nostalgic for big band sounds, Abba Songs, or 1950s pop-jingles, the songs are so properly crafted that it doesn’t really matter if you remember the source material. What makes the album all the more dramatic is that the band was able to keep it together long enough to record—in 2015 they went on a Farewell Tour that was only partially a joking matter, as the duo has reportedly struggled to get along since their breakthrough with We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. Though the band is on the heels of a critically acclaimed record in Hang, their history of instability means you should take this chance to catch Foxygen at the Tralf Music Hall this Wednesday, July 26 with support from Cut Worms.