***The Will to Live was produced by TITUS ANDRONICUS singer-songwriter PATRICK STICKLES and Canadian icon HOWARD BILERMAN (Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen, The Whole Nine Yards) at the latter’s Hotel 2 Tango recording studio in Montreal. Drawing on maximalist rock epics from Who’s Next to Hysteria, Bilerman and Stickles have crafted the richest, densest, and hardest- hitting sound for Titus Andronicus yet. All at once, the record matches the sprawl and scope of the band’s most celebrated work, while also honing their ambitious attack to greater effect than ever before. “It may strike some as ironic we had to go to Canada to record our equivalent to Born in the USA,” quips Stickles, “but the pursuit of Ultimate Rock knows no borders.” The Will to Live features sterling contributions from members of the HOLD STEADY, ARCADE FIRE, and THE E STREET BAND, as well as duets with the TA guitarist LIAM BETSON, former Titus Andronicus drummer ERIC HARM, and JOSÉE CARON of the Canadian rock band PARTNER. The album comes packaged with gorgeous triple-gatefold artwork by illustrious illustrator NICOLE RIFKIN, a Hieronymus Bosch–inspired triptych which mirrors the three-part structure of the narrator’s perilous voyage across the corresponding three sides of vinyl. USA, Mexico, Central America only.
2XLP $24.95
10/07/2022
***CHECK STOCK!!! Received a 7.0 rating from Pitchfork. An Obelisk is the sixth album from TITUS ANDRONICus, which finds the band under stewardship of producer and legendary rocker BOB MOuLD (Hüsker Dü, Sugar). This trans-generational meeting of the minds has yielded the most immediate and unadorned Titus Andronicus record to date. Clocking in at 38 minutes, it is also the shortest. Recorded over six days at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, An Obelisk presents the sound of Titus Andronicus, rock band, at its most irreducible, as monolithic as the album’s titular monument. Titus Andronicus is led by singer-songwriter PATRICK STICKLES, now flanked by longtime guitarist LIAM BETSON and the indomitable rhythm section of R.J. GORDON on bass and CHRIS WILSON on drums. An Obelisk is the first record to showcase this lineup from tip to tail, each track bearing distinctive fingerprints of each musician, their particular chemistry honed through extensive touring and rigorous rehearsals. Excepting the background vocals of RALPH DARDEN (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists), no outside musicians were utilized, leaving ample room for the pummeling drums and slashing guitars to thrive under the notoriously economical hand of Mould.
LP $18.85
06/21/2019
CD $13.75
06/21/2019
***CHECK STOCK!!! Received a 7.0 rating from Pitchfork. An Obelisk is the sixth album from TITUS ANDRONICus, which finds the band under stewardship of producer and legendary rocker BOB MOuLD (Hüsker Dü, Sugar). This trans-generational meeting of the minds has yielded the most immediate and unadorned Titus Andronicus record to date. Clocking in at 38 minutes, it is also the shortest. Recorded over six days at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, An Obelisk presents the sound of Titus Andronicus, rock band, at its most irreducible, as monolithic as the album’s titular monument. Titus Andronicus is led by singer-songwriter PATRICK STICKLES, now flanked by longtime guitarist LIAM BETSON and the indomitable rhythm section of R.J. GORDON on bass and CHRIS WILSON on drums. An Obelisk is the first record to showcase this lineup from tip to tail, each track bearing distinctive fingerprints of each musician, their particular chemistry honed through extensive touring and rigorous rehearsals. Excepting the background vocals of RALPH DARDEN (Ted Leo and the Pharmacists), no outside musicians were utilized, leaving ample room for the pummeling drums and slashing guitars to thrive under the notoriously economical hand of Mould. Limited edition LP version pressed on gray and black vinyl.
LP $18.85
06/21/2019
***With Home Alone on Halloween, noted rock band TITUS ANDRONICUS [hereafter +@] celebrate the spookiest of the seasons by staring into the abyss and confronting the bone-chilling terror which lies at the haunted heart of our human experience. Bearing the justly feared catalog number MRG666, the 12-inch EP spans 31 minutes and features three tracks recorded concurrently with the group’s most recent full-length A Productive Cough, offering an autumnal tableau of dread and decay to complement its LP companion’s springtime visions of rebirth and new possibilities. The title track remixes A Productive Cough’s hardest-rocking selection, foregrounding its ominous strings and swelling organ and featuring a soulful new lead vocal from frequent +@ special-teams captain MATT "MONEY" MILLER, while “Only a Hobo” plucks an oft-forgotten gem from the dusty corners of the Bob Dylan songbook to paint a grim portrait of hopes dashed and potential squandered. Eeriest of all is “A Letter Home,” which, across nearly 17 minutes and more than 1,200 words, drags the listener along for a harrowing descent into the darkness and proves definitively that this ceremony is no mere monster mash. Pressed on orange vinyl in an edition of 1.300 copies.
12" $17.75
10/05/2018
***Since debuting in 2008, TITUS ANDRONICUS (hereafter +@) has been conditioning faithful listeners to expect only the unexpected. With A Productive Cough, +@ has executed the most shocking departure yet—but only if, as ever mercurial singer-songwriter PATRICK STICKLES insists, “you haven’t been paying attention.” In a move that may infuriate the black-denim-and-PBR set, A Productive Cough sets aside leadfooted punk anthems in favor of a subtler, more spacious approach that pushes Stickles’ soul-baring songwriting to the fore, creating an intimacy between artist and audience with which previous +@ efforts had only flirted. Features guest contributions from veteran pianist RICK STEPH (Cat Power, Lucero, Hank Williams Jr.), esteemed cellist JANE SCARPANTONI (R.E.M., Bob Mould, Lou Reed), listeners Brooklyn singer MEGG FARRELL, and many others. Limited edition LP version is pressed on blue-gray swirled vinyl.
LP $17.75
03/02/2018
CD $13.50
03/02/2018
***Since debuting in 2008, TITUS ANDRONICUS (hereafter +@) has been conditioning faithful listeners to expect only the unexpected. With A Productive Cough, +@ has executed the most shocking departure yet—but only if, as ever mercurial singer-songwriter PATRICK STICKLES insists, “you haven’t been paying attention.” In a move that may infuriate the black-denim-and-PBR set, A Productive Cough sets aside leadfooted punk anthems in favor of a subtler, more spacious approach that pushes Stickles’ soul-baring songwriting to the fore, creating an intimacy between artist and audience with which previous +@ efforts had only flirted. Features guest contributions from veteran pianist RICK STEPH (Cat Power, Lucero, Hank Williams Jr.), esteemed cellist JANE SCARPANTONI (R.E.M., Bob Mould, Lou Reed), listeners Brooklyn singer MEGG FARRELL, and many others. Limited edition LP version is pressed on blue-gray swirled vinyl.
LP $23.95
03/02/2018
***TITUS ANDRONICUS recorded live over five consecutive sold-out nights at New York's DIY space Shea Stadium in July of 2015. The A-side revisits some of The Most Lamentable Tragedy's most celebrated hits in a newly concise context, stripping away all studio wizardry until only the primal passion remains. The B-side offers fresh electric arrangements of the largely acoustic fifth act of TMLT’s rock opera narrative, presenting a new perspective on the material Tiny Mix Tapes praised for “emotional intensity… unrivaled anywhere in rock music,” as well as debuting the previously unreleased TMLT outtake, “69 Stones.” Taken as a whole, Stadium Rock is a whirlwind journey through a moment in time never to be repeated, preserved for future generations starving for “the real deal.”
LP $15.50
09/09/2016
***The fourth studio album (and first for Merge) from TITUS ANDRONICUS. The central narrative of TMLT (“a work of fiction,” claims singer/songwriter PATRICK STICKLES) concerns an unnamed protagonist whom we meet in deep despair. Following an encounter with his own doppelgänger (an enigmatic stranger, identical in appearance though opposite in disposition), long held secrets are revealed, sending our protagonist on a transformative odyssey, through past lives and new loves, to the shocking revelation that the very thing that sustains him may be the thing to destroy him. TMLT was produced by frequent collaborator KEVIN MCMAHON and Titus Andronicus guitarist ADAM REICH. The core band is rounded out by the long-standing rhythm section of ERIC HARM (drums) and JULIAN VERONESI (bass) plus rookie guitarist JONAH MAURER. Joining in throughout are pianist ELIO DELUCA and violinist OWEN PALLETT, beside a cast of guests representing some of New York’s most exciting bands (THE SO SO GLOS, BAKED, BAD CREDIT NO CREDIT, LOST BOY?, etc.). TMLT is both the crown jewel of the band’s discography and the legend that contextualizes their entire body of work. It reveals that Titus Andronicus are what hardcore fans have said they are for years, and what the world must now recognize them to be: not merely the greatest rock and roll band of this era, but one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time. LP includes an oversized fold-out poster and full download. (STREET DATE - 7/31/2015)
2XCD $14.75
07/28/2015
3XLP $32.15
07/28/2015