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…as in, the one that isn’t absurdly dark and violent and must have been the Shakespearean equivalent to a baroque period. Titus Andronicus came out of nowhere in 2008 and delivered unto the underground world of music fuzzy guitars, a singer that couldn’t sing, and overall a band that sounded one martini away from keeling over. Yet, somehow, it all worked so well, everything meshed to create a fun sound that evoked a feeling that nobody could quite put their finger on yet. Enter “The Monitor,” just as fuzzy and drunk as their debut but with a more focused and lighthearted approach; with it, everyone realized it was a feeling reminiscent of the infantile punk rock scene of the 1980s, without being punk rock. Fun bleeds from every second of every song TA plays out, and losing oneself in the wave of it is all too easy. Listen to the sample track “Titus Andronicus Forever” at the top of the post, stream it on Myspace, or preorder the album here.
