portions for foxes presents:TITUS ANDRONICUS (US, Xl Records)
...Titus Andronicus is a punk/indie rock band from Glenn Rock New Jersey.
Their two records 2008's 'Airing Of Grievances' and 2010's 'The Monitor', with their sprawling song lengths and euphoric sing along moments, give an impression of what Bruce Springsteen would sound like if he were raised on Neutral Milk Hotel or My Bloody Valentine records rather than Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison.
'The Monitor', Titus' loosely conceptual album based on the American Civil War (with a lyric sheet that reads like Albert Camus if he were Not In Education, Employment or Training) is the funnest, most singularly giant sized 'FUCK YOU' to the modern world ever commited to plastic.
Pianos crash, lead guitars howl squealing rock and roll jigs over velvety beds of shoegaze fuzz, harmonicas, trumpets, strings and bagpipes swell and lift, grab you by the gut, by the ear; yelling sweat-drenched, feverish glee between the earlobes. It's almost impossible not to sing along,
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Band Website:
http://www.myspace.com/titusandronicus
Reviews:
punknews - 4.5/5
pitchfork 8.5
drowned in sound 9/10
guardian 4/5
rock sound 7/10
fans of: Springsteen, Desaparecidos, Arcade Fire, My Bloody Valentine
Tickets are £7.50 advance.
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