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Since debuting in 2008, Titus Andronicus [hereafter +@] has been conditioning faithful listeners to always expect only the unexpected, consistently zigging where others would zag and maintaining a steadfast dedication to fearless ambition. With the of the new studio album A Productive Cough, +@ has executed the most shocking departure yet-but only if, as ever mercurial singer-songwriter Patrick Stickles insists, Inchyou haven't been paying attention.Inch In a move that may infuriate the black-denim-and-PBR set, A Productive Cough finds +@ setting aside the leadfooted punk anthems of yesteryear in favor of a subtler, more spacious approach that pushes Stickles' soul-baring songwriting to the fore, creating a conversational intimacy between artist and audience with which previous +@ efforts had only flirted. This new restraint sacrifices none of +@'s singular intensity, from the merciless lyrical onslaught of InchNumber One (In New York)Inch to the blistering guitar solos which accompany the swaggering (Crazy) Horseplay of rock band workouts InchReal TalkInch and InchHome AloneInch to the disarmingly passionate commuter hymn InchMass Transit Madness (Goin' Loco').Inch Even the surprisingly groovy InchAbove the Bodega (Local Business)Inch hides, beneath it's loose and spontaneous facade of zesty brass and propulsive congas, a pained admission of secret shame, despairing the challenge of keeping the dark side concealed before the ever-judgmental eye of the big city. Album Tracks 1. Number One (In New York) 2. Real Talk 3. Above the Bodega (Local Business) 4. Crass Tattoo 5. (I'm) Like a Rolling Stone 6. Home Alone 7. Mass Transit Madness (Goin' Loco')
