Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
Holy... Living... Fuck... If not the album of the year, The Monitor is definitely in the Top 5. Following up their solid debut (2009's The Airing of Grievances), Titus Andronicus' sophomore effort was creating a very ruckus, and ambitious concept album about the Civil War. A concept about as crazy as making an album about Anne Frank. The former concept was made into one of the finest indie albums ever recorded and the latter... well time will tell its place in history, but, fuck, if it isn't great right now. Using segments of speeches from Abe Lincoln, Walt Whitman, and references to the epic battle between the ironclads ("The Battle of Hampton Roads'), Titus Andronicus have created an utterly unique allegory about the perils and downtroddenness of living in New Jersey. Despite all of it's high-falutin' ideas, The Monitor cannot hide the fact that it is one kick ass rock album, which is hard enough to accomplish in these days. To fully understanding of the epicness of The Monitor, listen to it at an extremely obscene volume, with drunken friends, and morally ambiguous amounts of whiskey. In other words, buy it now and thank me later.
Grade: A
Correction. It IS the album of the year!
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