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The Wrens

Fri., May 21, 8 p.m., $14, with The Postelles, First Unitarian Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

Published: May 19, 2010

rock/pop

Our N.J. neighbors the Wrens, steadfast slackers that they are, have whiled away seven years since their latest album, 2003's still-bleeding-brilliant The Meadowlands. If their allegedly in-progress fourth LP does indeed emerge this year, they'll at least be keeping pace with themselves (their previous masterpiece, Secaucus, dropped waaay back in '96). But notwithstanding some sketchy demos leaked via Magnet magazine's weekly "Wrens Watch" (a droll, if delusional, exercise in fantasy music journalism), the prospect seems highly dubious. Fingers crossed this "national two-city tour" (i.e. they're also playing Baltimore) is a sign of good things to come.

Fri., May 21, 8 p.m., $14, with The Postelles, First Unitarian Sanctuary, 2125 Chestnut St., 877-435-9849, r5productions.com.

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