An Obelisk

Where Titus Andronicus once made great statements out of bloat, on their sixth album they do it with refreshing brevity.

New Jersey band continue to plough their own furrow on new LP

If you’re partial to a bit of blue-collar punk, this is likely to be right up your street.

Titus Andronicus go back to basics on their new album An Obelisk

An Obelisk

An Obelisk is sincere Titus Andronicus, all the way through. The paean punk specialists leave nothing untouched, ringing the inspiration bell with floored rock 'n' roll and smart stories.

Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü produces Titus Andronicus' sixth studio album – An Obelisk is a back-to-basics record that too often opts for route-one dinosaur rock.

On a superficial level, the ostensibly back-to-basics album could charitably be described as workmanlike.

Despite the fact that they're essentially punk rockers - albeit ones with a strong sense of melody – Titus Andronicus is a band that loves big, sweeping...

This is the sort of album that Titus Andronicus was going to make sooner or later, and it was more than worth the wait.