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Whoever said, "Don't look back" was dead wrong. In their new Drive-Thru Records CD The Rocking Chair Years, the New Jersey-based quartet Day At The Fair takes a long and defiant look back at days of emptiness, nights of drunkenness, love gone south and dreams grown wild. The result is an album of original songs sure to have an impact on the state of the rock ‘n’ roll union.

After the success of the band's debut CD The Prelude, many expected great things from DATF and with the new album they do not disappoint. One change is the addition of bassist Todd Maisano, which allowed Rob Heiner to return to playing guitar. "For the longest time, [lead singer Chris Barker] would record with my guitar," says Heiner, "and when we got the idea to go to a four-piece, Chris said he would do it one condition: he gets to keep playing my guitar."

That was the easy part. Teaming up with producers John Naclario (Brand New, Ataris, Matchbook Roma...