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Lead vocalist Buddy Nielsen's passionate and sometimes gut-wrenching delivery amplifies the emotional resonance of the words

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The Format "Boycott Heaven" COLOR:Ceramic Blue Lead vocalist Buddy Nielsen's passionateAfter nearly two decades apart, Nate Ruess and Sam Means return to The Format, the indie pop band they helmed in the early 2000s. Teaming with Grammy winning producer Brendan OBrien (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, The Killers) and drummer Matt Chamberlain (who's played with David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and others), the duos third album Boycott Heaven incorporates sonic nods to the alt rock, grunge, and pop punk sounds that Sam and Nate first bonded over as