16
May
a god or a disgrace
(or: may 16’s honey from the hive)
posted at 2:55 am by brandon in sweet you rock and sweet you roll
The Airborne Toxic Event — “This is London”
(from Such Hot Blood
Dialing way back on the overblown percussion and ersatz edginess that liberally littered their massively disappointing second record, Mikel Jollett and his band are back on track big time with a terrific third effort, which is anchored by this ethereal, string-drenched gem, a quietly haunting (if slightly melodramatic) tale of love, lost youth and pub-stumbling chaos across the pond.
