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"Living with the Living" out March 20 |
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| Location: | Bloomfield, New Jersey |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 16, 2008 (558 days back) |
About Me |
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| Maybe the dilapidated garages and all-ages clubs of the East Coast post-hardcore scene of the late 80s is a fitting place to begin our story. That’s where the chronicle of our era’s ever-humble valedictorian, Ted Leo, really gets interesting, anyway. It was here in bands Citizen’s Arrest and Animal Crackers (and later as the main song writer in Chisel) that Ted developed a sharpened political prowess, an assiduous commitment to his Gibson ES-335, an ear for melody, and charisma contagious enough to be considered chemical weaponry. A mod-punk savant in an age where punk (like practically everything intangible we’ve ever expressed interest in) has been replaced by product. With his latest, Living with the Living, Ted Leo delivers that existentialist ethos to a new crop of rude boys. For their fifth full-length release (and first with Touch and Go Records), Ted Leo and the Pharmacists met up with Brendan Canty (Fugazi) at Long View Farms to iron out a new set of anthems that arrive with a confident and outspoken immediacy. With Living with the Living, Ted & Co. wipe clean the slate that once held names like Weller, Strummer and Bragg and indulge some of their farthest-reaching musical ambitions. “Army Bound” and “La Costa Brava” evoke the melodic spirit of Andy Partridge, Ray Davies and ArgyBargy-era Squeeze, while “Colleen” is Ted’s most successful meditation on pop music yet. “A Bottle of Buckie” clinks pint glasses with The Pogues and captures Ted conjuring up the rhythms of his Irish ancestry. And stretching his boundaries further still, songs like “The Toro and the Toreador”, “The Lost Brigade” and “The Unwanted Things” find Ted taking his falsetto in new directions, with vocals that caress each composition with the greatest delicacy and grace. Along with the punk sound and energy found in Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ previous works, Living with the Living finds soul, funk and R&B injected into the trajectory of Chris Wilson’s dexterous percussion, Dave Lerner’s bedrock bass and an onslaught of combustibles from Ted’s possessed fingertips. In 2005, the refrain was “roll out and make your mark, pull on your boots and march.” On Living with the Living, Ted doesn’t shy away from his convictions and, rather, invites the testing of his mettle. “You can ask, take a look; / We’re all pretty open books. / What I stand for, I mostly stand behind. / What I am, I mostly can’t hide.” The most indelible stamp Ted leaves on his work is an incitement to his fans to take themselves seriously, never compromise their ideals and, essentially, make a difference in theirs and the lives of those around them. It’s a message of compassion not unlike that of one of Ted’s denim-clad, working-class-empowering forebears. As we’ve learned from those artists, vital, impassioned music is often the direct result of a dire political climate, and Living with the Living is a shining example of that truism. A voice of dissent with a firm grasp of the past and a hopeful eye to the future, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are rebels without a pause. Colleen Add to My Profile | More Videos Bomb.Repeat.Bomb. Add to My Profile | More Videos |
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Music:Member Since: 10/9/2004Band Website: tedleo.com/ Influences: Record Label: www.touchandgorecords.com Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative) |
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| From "Living With The Living" on Touch & Go RecordsAdd iLike to your MySpace - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists on iLike... Posted by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Tue, 20 May 2008 11:15:00 PST |
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Tour dates with Pearl Jam |
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| For a span of six dates this coming June, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists will temporarily leave behind a trail of intimate clubs and humid festival grounds to rock a different crowd as the opener for Pea... Posted by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:39:00 PST |
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Ted Leo number 2 on Best of Subterranean! |
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| Many thanks to everyone who voted for "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb" on MTV2's Best of Subterranean. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists came in at 2! The top 15 videos can be seen here. A selection of those... Posted by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:47:00 PST |
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Gibson.com lauds "Living with the Living" |
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| Living With the Living was recently reviewed on Gibson.com. Check out what they thought of it here. ... Posted by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:11:00 PST |
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Check out the new song from Ted's limited-edition bonus EP |
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| For a limited time, purchase the CD or vinyl version of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' new album, Living With The Living, and receive a limited-edition 5 song bonus EP. The EP, entitled Mo' Living, come... Posted by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST |
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