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This is much more than a great punk-rock album. In fact, it takes the stereotype of angry British guys playing loud music, turns it on his head, and channels it in an immensely positive direction. Frontman Joe Talbot has a menacing voice and a heart of gold. In interviews and in song, he lays bare his anger issues, his mother’s paralysis and death, his past struggles with alcoholism and the stillborn birth of his daughter Agatha; how these things tormented him; and how they made him want to be a better man. The results? “Joy as an Act of Resistance,” a series of thundering post-punk anthems with lyrics that deride toxic masculinity and encourage honesty and vulnerability with yourself, and compassion for everyone else. “If someone talked to you the way you do to you, I’d put their teeth through,” Talbot snarls with his husky British accent. “Love yourself!” This threatening message of self-empowerment is just one of the charming moments on a very fun album that deserves to be taken very, very seriously. Key Tracks: “Colossus,” “Never Fight a Man with a Perm,” “June,” “Television”
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