Cindy Lee

Cindy Lee's music feels like a lost AM radio station tuning in from 1965: girl-group melodies, fuzzed-out guitar and lonely balladry, wrapped in a tape hiss that makes every song seem half-remembered. The drag persona belongs to Patrick Flegel, once of Calgary's Women, whose jagged post-punk gave way here to something far more tender.

Flegel first shared Diamond Jubilee in 2024 as a YouTube upload and a download from an old-fashioned GeoCities page, skipping the usual streaming services altogether. Its two hours and 32 tracks move through glam, disco and sunshine pop, and 'If You Hear Me Crying' could pass for a hit from a decade that never quite existed.