“They’re pulling me down off the ceiling!” shout newlyweds Augie and Korin Louise Visocchi of The Hard Lessons as the title track of their newest album Arms Forest draws to its close. This seemingly innocuous statement is actually a telling appraisal of the couple’s (and the band’s) speedy rise from the Motor City’s local garage brats to internationally-touring indie darlings.
The Hard Lessons are making their 2nd appearance at Midwest Fest. (2010)
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