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Loveblaster’s Marley Van Raalte and Abby Self play music around a living room table.

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March 3, 2024

Abby Self (Left) and Marley Van Raalte (Left) are looking directly at each other as they play music around a living room table. Van Raalte is looking over his shoulder and Self is smiling.

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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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