There was a lot of hype about this New York based trio before the release of their album ‘With Love and Squalor’ as it was expected to be something really quite special. This is because the band had already done a Lamacq live session, and one of their songs was chosen to be Zane Lowe’s record of the week before the album was even released. Having been listening to this album for a good 3 months now, I can definitely say that this is one of the best albums that I have heard in a long time. The band sure knows how to write great music and as a result have come out with a 12 track album where any of the tracks from it could easily be used as singles.
This album kicks off with their debut single ‘Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt,’ opening the album in style and leaving you wondering how the rest of the album could possibly compare. Somehow they managed to do it though, and wrote an entire album of elegant Indie Rock masterpieces. There are so many standout tracks on this album; however ‘Cash Cow’ and ‘The Great Escape’ for me are two tracks that will never get old no matter how many times I play them. Since I got this album, it’s been on pretty much constant rotation on my CD player and I often find myself playing it while going about my day to day internet browsing also. This band writes catchy music, and ‘With Love and Squalor’ was almost certainly one of my favourite albums of 2005. I eagerly anticipate this bands next release as if it’s anywhere near the quality of this one then it is inevitably going to be something remarkable.
Label: Virgin Records
Release Date: October 17th 2005
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
