"Gus Seyffert is a six-foot-four L.A. singer-songwriter who has worked out a sleek, ­retro-fitted style you could call spy rock. Recording under the alias Willoughby, he performs songs steeped in the sort of secrets shared over the pillow. This is candlelit music, low-key and laced with tremolo, delivered with a conversational intimacy. For a few years now, Los Angeles has been awash with bands influenced by Elliott Smith, and the late legend is a key factor here: the Beatles obsession, the deftly picked acoustic guitar, the guy half-whispering in your ear, all adding up to a soundtrack for a night of droll double-dealing." Blender

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