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- Artist(s): Jon Langford
- Summary: This is the first release in four years for the Mekons/Waco Brothers member and his band that includes Joe Camarillo, Jean Cook, Alan Doughty, Jim Elkington, and Tawny Newsome.
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- Record Label: Relativity
- Genre(s): Alt-Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Roots Rock
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| I'm not really a soldier I'm more likely to die By car wreck or cancer Than an eye in the sky That follows them home Right in through their... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Apr 1, 2014Here Be Monsters, the Brit expat's latest under the recurring Skull Orchard banner, embodies all of the qualities of Langford's best work, emphasizing the bittersweet, introspective edge that's become increasingly prominent in his work in recent years.
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UncutApr 1, 2014Langford, as ever, masterfully mixes the personal, the political and the poetic. [Apr 2014, p.77]
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Apr 8, 2014There’s little doubt Here Be Monsters will one day be considered the album that ensures Langford’s legacy.
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Apr 1, 2014Langford’s cynical humor is a fixture on Here Be Monsters.
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Apr 7, 2014Here Be Monsters sounds like a fleshed-out band, graced with Mekons-derived musical trademarks.
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Apr 7, 2014The dilution of purist fidelity makes Here Be Monsters one of Langford’s least focused albums in recent memory, but it also ends up as one of his richest.
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Sep 9, 2014Those that didn’t enjoy Skull Orchard before won’t be won over, but it doesn’t change the fact that those naysayers have conspicuously terrible taste.