Titus Andronicus

Essential Albums

  • The Monitor
    The Monitor
    The Monitor

    What is it about New Jersey that spawns so many bands embedded with a trace of Springsteen-ian DNA? Is it in the water? From the get-go, “A More Perfect Union” pays homage to Bruce Almighty, though the band cloaks their nod in flannel-shirted, Stink-era Replacements-inspired grit and snot. (In truth, it’s mostly vocalist Patrick Stickles’ uncanny similarity to Paul Westerberg’s gravelly yelp that conjures that band.) Titus Andronicus’ debut, The Airing of Grievances, evoked the same musical touchstones, but this time around the whiskey-soaked spirit of the Pogues also permeates, and the band feels more focused, the production is greatly improved, and it’s a loopy Civil War theme that conjures a chuckle, rather than gnarled nods to Albert Camus and uh, Jerry Seinfeld. The readings here are from Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis instead of Camus’ “The Stranger,” but that doesn’t mean the band’s bare-knuckled punch is any more polished or polite. If anything, The Monitor’s flammable guitars and yearning howl evoke that youthful ache for finding the meaning of life — or maybe just another beer — with palpable fervor and certain longing.

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About Titus Andronicus

New Jersey's Titus Andronicus have a raucous, individual take on punk rock that makes room for indie rock, garage rock, classic rock, and folk influences, delivered with a muscular passion and confident literacy. Led by guitarist and singer Patrick Stickles, the band embraced a big, bold, and reckless sound on their debut album, 2008's The Airing of Grievances, and while they sounded tighter and more ambitious on the Civil War-themed concept album The Monitor (released in 2010), their "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to punk had only grown bigger and wilder. 2015's The Most Lamentable Tragedy was an epic-scale rock opera that added pop accents and deep dynamics to the group's toolkit, while they focused on a folk-informed sound for 2018's A Productive Cough and produced one of their most dynamic and anthemic sets to date with 2022's sprawling The Will to Live.

FROM
Glen Rock, NJ, United States
FORMED
2005
GENRE
Alternative

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