Titus Andronicus Dimed Out (April’15) is balls to the wall for three minutes. Furious punk with a plenitude of melodies running under, around and inside it. It even has a violin. But it doesn’t have 80’s synths and girly man vocals. So there’s that. The vocals are a bit buried but tough tits. It's time to riot.
“I'll
incite a riot, fire flying all around
When I'm crying out, I'm howling with the wild hounds”
When I'm crying out, I'm howling with the wild hounds”
Rolling Stone described Dimed Out as “blending the breakneck, bare bones
stylings with the ambitious orchestral flourishes”. Flood Magazine called it “a passionately
delivered anthem”.
The new
album includes a Pogues cover A Pair Of Pale Brown Eyes.
A lot of the bands earlier
songs were inspired by reading Albert Camus.
Patrick Sickles is a rather cerebral man who embraces topics ranging from philosophy and
Nietzsche, history, psychology and socio-political issues.
The lead singer Patrick
Stickles is a manic depressive and said in the past “there were some dark times, you know? I was just fucked
up.” Not surprising perhaps they have been through fifteen former
members before settling on this five.
Need
some more raucous brilliance? Try the screamers A
More Perfect Union or In
A Big City. From Lamentable Tragedy don't neglect to enjoy the brilliance of the classic rocking Fatal Flaw , No Future Part IV : No Future Triumphant , I Lost My Mind and Come On Siobhan.
Stirring the porridge is
Fall Out Boy. Hugely successful pop punk rock band from Wilmette, Illinois and
proof that there is no justice in this life while the fickle breezes of public
taste blow .
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