Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Living With The Living"
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Album comes out March 20, but it leaked this week. I've heard mixed things, included that a track sounds like it is a Rage Against the Machine song, interesting. The general consensus seems to be that it isn't their best work, but it is still pretty good.
Here's the tracklist:
Fourth World War
The Sons Of Cain
Army Bound
Who Do You Love?
Colleen
A Bottle of Buckie
Bomb.Repeat.Bomb
La Costa Brava
Annunciation Day/Born on Christmas Day
The Unwanted Things
The Lost Brigade
The World Stops Turning
Some Beginner's Mind
The Toro and the Toreador
C.I.A.
"The Sons of Cain" is up on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/tedleo) or available for download on their label's site: http://www.touchandgorecords.com. It is a pretty good song, a hooky little guitar part runs throughout. He posted the demo of "Army Bound" on his website (http://www.tedleo.com) a while back, it should be a good song as well.
Anybody heard the leak yet or anticipating this album? This, along with The Shins new album, were my two most anticipated albums coming into the year, can't wait to hear it.
Here's the tracklist:
Fourth World War
The Sons Of Cain
Army Bound
Who Do You Love?
Colleen
A Bottle of Buckie
Bomb.Repeat.Bomb
La Costa Brava
Annunciation Day/Born on Christmas Day
The Unwanted Things
The Lost Brigade
The World Stops Turning
Some Beginner's Mind
The Toro and the Toreador
C.I.A.
"The Sons of Cain" is up on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/tedleo) or available for download on their label's site: http://www.touchandgorecords.com. It is a pretty good song, a hooky little guitar part runs throughout. He posted the demo of "Army Bound" on his website (http://www.tedleo.com) a while back, it should be a good song as well.
Anybody heard the leak yet or anticipating this album? This, along with The Shins new album, were my two most anticipated albums coming into the year, can't wait to hear it.
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It sucks that I have to wait until April 16th to see him!!!!
I caught them playing last year, barely. He cancelled his previous show due to losing his voice, and barely had it back when I saw him. Still, they kick a lot of ass live. They have great energy and sound great. I am trying to decide if I want a few hour drive to be able to see him in the Spring.
Brave to try to gamble at times
While this thread is here, any fans of Chisel, Leo's band prior to starting the Pharmacists? I picked up their first LP a week or two ago, it is pretty good. I don't think it touches his Pharmacists work, but it still very enjoyable.
What would you say is the best. I can't decide between Tyranny of Distance and Shake the Sheets
1- Shake the Sheets
2- Tyranny of Distance
3- Hearts of Oak
It comes out tomorrow, anybody picking it up? Most of the review sites are putting up their Modest Mouse reviews today so I haven't really read too much about this one. The AMG review didn't give it a very good score(3.5 out of 5), but the reviewer says the album is good, they just wanted something different, their only complaint is that he didn't change his sound much.
Other than that I haven't found any reviews on it aside from a few on RYM and various leak impressions. I'm quite excited about the album, been waiting a while for something new from Ted Leo.
a. The CD is too long. For an artist like him who has more of a punk/rock focus, I don't see a reason a song should go over 4 minutes. There is simply not enough variety going on in each song to reach 6+ minute length. It should have closed with Beginner's Mind.
b. Why do artists feel the need to put < 1 minute filler at the start of a disc? It drives me nuts. Did the album really need Fourth World War? Did it set the mood for the rest of the disc? Would anybody put this on a mix?
c. I do like the variety. I actually really enjoy Unwanted Things. lite, poppy, could be a huge radio hit
d. the 3 some of Bottle of Buckie, Bomb.Repeat.Bomb and LaCosta Brava are sweet.
e. the only real throw aways for me are Tora and the Toreador and World Stops Turning.
f. standouts for me are those in point 'd' and Sons of Cain, Army Bound and Some Beginners Mind
I am giving this a solid 7. Definitely one of the better CD's I have listened to of late. Shake the Sheets is still my favorite.
Your explaination works much better, it is a collection of random songs rather than a cohesive album. There are a few straight pop/rock songs which work muhc better than I thought they would(A Bottle of Buckie, Who Do you Love?, Coleen, La Costa Bravo).
After listening more, my biggest(and really my only) complaint is that the stretch from Bomb.Repeat.Bomb to The Lost Brigade is the worst stretch of songs I have ever heard on a Ted Leo album. B.R.B. sounds like a Dismemberment Plan b-side, La Costa Brava is a bit enjoyable but not as good as the other pop-oriented songs on the album IMO, Annuciation Day I just don't like, same with Unwanted Things and The Lost Brigade is decent, but far too long.
At this point it is my least favorite album from Mr. Leo. There are some good songs, the changes in sound threw me for a loop on my first few listens, but I am starting to enjoy the majority of songs on the album. I think it would have been a very good 10-12 song album, but at its actual length and track-listing, it is a bit too bloated for me.