Fans of the innovations and originality that sprang from the LA underground of the late 1970s and ‘80s often wonder What Paul B. Cutler has been up to. A vital participant in the Los Angeles music scene of that period as bandleader, songwriter, musician and producer, Cutler’s work, in particular his guitar playing with The Consumers, 45 Grave, Vox Pop and The Dream Syndicate, is still admired by fans and an influence on anyone interested in that period and the styles that developed from it. Those familiar with Cutler’s past will find numerous touchstones of it in the songs on Les Fleurs, his upcoming album for In The Red Records, and his new single, For The Children, which would not feel out of place in his early recordings. “To me, and it does not sound like ...