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SEMISONIC on “Closing Time”

“It’s weird because if there are 20 songs from the '90s that still get played at the Home Depot, ‘Closing Time’ is definitely one of those. It’s like, ‘How did that happen?’”

That question is an honest one for Dan Wilson, the longtime frontman and principal songwriter for Semisonic. A decade known for its musical abundance—as rock went authentic and hip-hop went mainstream amid several other blooming genres—also created enough room for

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