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Four years ago, Chris Pastor sent us his first self-produced CD entitled Letters to the Leader. When we put it on we literally could not believe what we were hearing. Some laughed. Others just stared at the stereo, apparently not sure if it was a joke or not.

So 4 years later, what do we find? Well, I believe it was nineteenth century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer who said "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident." Step one we thoroughly took care of, step two we avoided only by virtue of Chris Pastor living too far away to actually attack, and finally step three comes to pass as it is certainly evident to us now that Chris Pastor is a genius and that we had to be a part of JAMAICA PLAIN's completely sane insanity. He is truly a fellow traveler on this spaceship of madness.

We are therefore as giddy as school children to present King of Hearts - a compilation of both previous JAMAICA PLAIN releases (Letters to the Leader and Blue in the Face) resulting in 10 tracks of pure synth-pop genius. You heard that right. Synth. Pop. As in: Pet Shop Boys meets a guy completely at the end of his rope. Bear witness.