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- Summary: The first full-length album on XL Recordings for the rock band from New Jersey was named after a warship that fought during the American Civil War.
- Record Label: XL
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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A More Perfect Union | |
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(Whispered) Are we ready to go? "From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some transatlantic giant step the earth and crush us at a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 32
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Mixed: 3 out of 32
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Negative: 0 out of 32
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Titus Andronicus have created an album that will grip the listener, carry them along on a tide of spit and blood and youthful aggression, and leave them dazed and exhausted at the end, with no other option but to start the record all over again.
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The Monitor, then, is a boisterous, eloquent argument that rock music need not be dumb in order to be enjoyable, moreover, that we should be questioning and analysing our heritage rather than precariously stumbling onwards. But mostly, it's just a stupendous collection of songs; one that demands to be listened to as loudly as you can possibly get away with.
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Catharsis is Stickles' fuel, and The Monitor is a 65-minute endorsement of angst and opposition as the best way to present that combustible sorrow.
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MojoEncyclopedic US indie rock--American Civil War, Walt Whitman, Hold Steady, Shakespeare all included.
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UncutScattershot, but so frighteningly intense and packed with ideas that you can't help but be impressed. [Apr 2010, p.100]
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There's a bloodymindedness on The Monitor that is equally infuriating and invigorating.
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The execution here might have seemed a bit more authentic had they been going for a pure concept album with a Civil War theme; unfortunately, hearing Stickles locked in bloodied-but-unbowed mode throughout the record doesn't add any greater emotional depth to the intertwining themes.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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JoeC.Mar 13, 2010Hard driving yet the music is tuneful and catchy, and the lyrics
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HarryB.Mar 9, 2010
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RobApr 1, 2010Messy, confused, angry, brilliant.
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EricNMar 15, 2010Absolutely stellar. It's hard to imagine a more raucous, fun, epic album will be released in 2010. A total pleasure from start to finish.
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Jan 30, 20117.6 overall rating is **** **** The people who gave this a negative score are all **** idiots.
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