The Airing of Grievances
Despite its title's implied politeness, The Airing of Grievances qualifies more as existentialism wrapped in an anti-suburban screed from a killer live band whose music is at times violent, overblown, and irreverent.
Kicking off with a rousing, shouted-in-unison “fuck you!”- self-conscious statement of intent if ever there was one- The Airing Of Grievances is just the album to give your sister… if she’s a loud, dirty, boozy sort of girl.
Maybe it's unwarranted prejudice, but from a band named after an early Shakespearean tragedy I expect the following: pomposity, pretension, overwrought...
<p>This debut from the New Jersey punks could have the same impact on the indie scene as Arcade Fire's first album, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong></p>
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