{
  "id": 697423,
  "title": "1-800-MIKEY – “Pleasant Morning”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/1-800-mikey-pleasant-morning",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:07:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2508117/1-800-mikey-pleasant-morning/music/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Recording and performing under the name 1-800-MIKEY, Sydney's Michael Barker (also of Gee Tee and RMFC) is on the poppier end of the vital Australian punk/garage rock scene. He announced In Yun , his new album for Goner Records, a few weeks back with the release of lead single \"Me And My Only,\" a lo-fi power-pop heater that dares to imagine what the Buzzcocks might sound like with Thin Lizzy…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}