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A blurry black-and-white shot of Loveblaster’s Marley Van Raalte and Abby Self repeats.

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February 27, 2024

An extremely blurry and slightly warped black-and-white photo of Marley Van Raalte (left) and Abby Self (right), is repeated in a horizontal pattern. Van Raalte is wearing a Wyoming sweater, which is the only article of clothing on either person with a discernible emblem. Two guitar necks are faintly visible in the background, with the effect of the motion blur resulting in a ghostly skull-like appearance in the space between the band members' shoulders that is occupied by the guitar necks.

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Tone Madison’s Music Editor from 2020-2025. Writer. Photographer. Musician. Steven created the blog Heartbreaking Bravery in 2013 and his work as a multimedia journalist has appeared in Rolling Stone, Consequence, NPR, Etsy, Maximumrocknroll, and countless other publications.

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