Alina Simone is an Alternative/Folk Rock/Indie group from Brooklyn, New York. Band members include John Lynch (drums), and Chris Barrey (guitar, organ). Influences include Yanka Dyagileva, Kino, Auktyon, Alyosha Dmitrievich, and Leonid Utesov, among others. Releases include Prettier in the Dark EP, Placelessness, and Everyone is Crying Out to Me, Beware, among others.
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