What do Abraham Lincoln and the Fung Wah bus have in common? They’re both referenced in the first minute of “A More Perfect Union,” the 7-minute punk rock epic that opens The Monitor, the new Civil War-themed sophomore album from Glen Rock, NJ’s Titus Andronicus. Remember that episode of South Park where Cartman tricked his arch nemesis into eating his own parents? Well in case you’re not a drama buff, that plotline was actually taken from Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, his most gruesome work. It’s a pretty brutal name to live up to, but they manage, so if you’re a fan of songs about blood, war, booze, and God delivered with Celtic tinged vocals and plenty of shout-alongs, i.e. you like The Pogues, then this might be a band for you.
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