Titus Andronicus

[bobby.]

Anyone remember maybe 2 years ago on The Show when a guy rang in for a Smash or Trash and Tom was "angry" with him because he was meant to have called in the week before or something? And then he said he'd play a snippet of it anyway, and when he did he said something like "oh that actually sounds pretty good".

Well it sounded good to me as well and has done since, but they've finally released an album and shovel gave it 8.5! Big whoops for fellow FOT!

http://www.myspace.com/titusandronicus

[Pat K]

From the singles I've heard, these guys deserve it and then some - I really dig em. They deserve the props. I ordered the album from Troubleman last week and can't wait for it to show up in the mail.

[Gilly]

I thought that band name sounded familiar!

[Stupornaut]

Well it sounded good to me as well and has done since, but they've finally released an album and shovel gave it 8.5! Big whoops for fellow FOT!

In retrospect it is kind of a shame that the Big Dipper comp didn't get an 8.5 so that number could be established as The Official Shovel.com Scharpling/Best Show-Related Rating.

[samir]

Second album news!

Song called "Theme from Cheers"!!

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/48914

Titus Andronicus will release their second album 'The Monster' on March 9.

The release date of the 10-track album ties in with the 148th anniversary of the American Civil War's Battle Of Hampton Roads, which the band reference on 'The Monster''s final track.

The album features guest appearances from The Hold Steady, Vivian Girls, Ponytail and Wye Oak.

Singer Patrick Stickles said 'The Monster' is "sort of" a concept album about the Civil War.

"It doesn't take place in olden times, nor does it necessarily feature any characters that participated in that conflict," Stickles explained. "Really, it is a record about how the conflicts that led our nation into that great calamity remain unresolved, and the effect that this ongoing division has on our personal relationships and our behaviour and how they're all out to get us (or maybe not?) and yadda yadda yadda."

The tracklisting for 'The Monster' is:

'A More Perfect Union'
'Titus Andronicus Forever'
'No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future'
'Richard II'
'A Pot In Which To Piss'
'Four Score And Seven'
'Theme From “Cheers”'
'To Old Friends And New'
'…And Ever'
'The Battle Of Hampton Roads'

[Pat K]

Yes. This is great news. Airing of Grievances was my fave album of 2008...every reason to believe this will shred equally.

NME gets the title wrong, though. It's "The Monitor", after, apparently, the 100% badass ironclad battleship from the civil war.

Fuck yeah...

[MikeInManhattan]

Looking forward to it. The self-titled single made it on to quite a few mixes that year...

-Mike

[fonpr]

Yes. This is great news. Airing of Grievances was my fave album of 2008...every reason to believe this will shred equally.

NME gets the title wrong, though. It's "The Monitor", after, apparently, the 100% badass ironclad battleship from the civil war.

Fuck yeah...

Steam Punk~

[Steeley Chris]

See them live if you get the chance. I've seen them open for Ted Leo and The Pharmacists three times now, and they fail to disappoint.

[methanolcereal]

See them live if you get the chance. I've seen them open for Ted Leo and The Pharmacists three times now, and they fail to disappoint.

Indeed!

I've seen them a few times, and each time was better than the last.

Nice dudes too.

[samir]

They played The Gathering?!

Here's their first hand account.

http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-ballad-of-that-guy-from-titus-andronicus-as-told-to-matthew-perpetua

[Steeley Chris]

They played The Gathering?!

Here's their first hand account.

http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-ballad-of-that-guy-from-titus-andronicus-as-told-to-matthew-perpetua

"That guy." Pathetic. It's Patrick, Ian, Liam and "that guy". Show some respect.

[Pat K]

They played The Gathering?!

Here's their first hand account.

http://www.theawl.com/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s-the-ballad-of-that-guy-from-titus-andronicus-as-told-to-matthew-perpetua

Wow, man. Just...wow.

[samir]

tasters from the new record at p4k:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11695-four-score-and-seven/

[yesno]

This new album doesn't cut it for me.  It sounds like their primary influences are those Walt Whitman Levis commercials and the Hold Steady.  The first album had much more of a noisy/garagey feel, with more energy and less (though still a noticeable amount of)  self importance.