Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Though Titus Andronicus' newest album, The Monitor, is the most dynamic punk album I've heard in a while (5 of the 10 songs are over 7 minutes long!), it can be boiled down to a simple RIYL equation:

The strained vocals and lyricism of Conor Oberst + the drunken snarl and occasional bagpipe of the Dropkick Murphy's + the large-scale songwriting of fellow New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen = Titus Andronicus

Now add that solution into the following equation:

Titus Andronicus + Ear-bleeding volume + Whiskey on the rocks + PBR = Just want you want in life.

or

Titus Andronicus + Night + Driving + Open Highway = Excessive speeds and a good time

Thanks Eric for the recommendation. I can't stop spinning this.

FLAC.

P.S. Kit Wilson would be so proud. The whole album has Civil War themes spun throughout it. The Monitor was the ship that fought the Merrimack in the Battle of Hampton Roads. Also note the clips from Lincoln's speech in "A More Perfect Union."

I ask you: what more could a liberal arts graduate want in a punk album?