Tuesday's Recommended Release

Let's not get hung up on what once was here. We all know the storied history of McLusky and we all miss the band that once was, but after hearing the debut from Future of the Left (2007's Curses) it's time to embrace what we have now and realize that it may even be better then what once was. On their sophomore record, Travels With Myself And Another, Future of the Left go ahead and top everything they did on their debut. They are louder, angrier, and more defined then they were just two years ago, but then you would know that already if you had picked up their live album, Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires, and heard how much they had grown musically on the live stage.

Travels With Myself And Another should never be listened to at a safe volume. This is a record that bristles with anger and venom throughout it's 33-minutes and threaten to explode at any minute. Records like that should not be listened to at a whisper but at a volume that disturbs your neighbors even if they're miles away. The bands makes sure that you realize this is a loud, angry record with their hard riffs and driving rhythms and with everything sounding turned up throughout the record. This isn't lo-fi noisy, this is actual noise that should be heard at full blast.

Lyrically Falco is in rare form throughout Travels, tackling a wide array of topics ranging from emotionless sex to religion to the merits of celebrity gossip but all of them are touched on with the overall anger of Falkous. It almost makes you worry about a young man with that much anger in him, but fuck it at least he manages to channel it into some rocking art! And you might think that listening to a songwriter spout angry song after angry song would become a bit righteous and pretentious but Falkous manages to balance it with his own brand of dark humor.

All in all Travels With Myself And Another is one of those records that you will just keep coming back to again and again. It's short length, it's angry but humorous messages, and of course the outstanding music found on it demand your attention and you should give in and give it all to Future of the Left.
Future of the Left - "Arming Eritrea"
Future of the Left - "The Hope That House Built"