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Trouper arose from the ashes of the La De Les and has carried forward with their mix of incredibly diversified music. They meld elements of ambient, alternative, shoegaze, rock and electroacoustic into an exotic sound that is uniquely their own. Join The Antidote as we meet the band and their music.

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