Ted Leo and the Pharmacists have been around for awhile. About five years now, if my math is correct (and it might not be which would probably explain why I have a degree in English literature and not something like advanced statistics). But I just found this out last September when I got my hands on Ted Leo’s new album Shake the Sheets.
I have weird music listening habits. Sometimes I’ll listen to something once and never again, sometimes I listen to something a lot for a week and then drop it, sometimes I listen to something occasionally over a period of time but sometimes and only if the album is great does it get inserted into regular rotation and that is a high honor in my book. Shake the Sheets is in regular rotation. It has been for months now.
Ted Leo’s mix of pop and punk and his insightful albeit political lyrics are the perfect compliment. The album is not perfect but it is close and if you are looking for the answer to the crap that claims to be punk influenced dominating the mainstream, give Ted a try. Need more? I'll name drop The Clash. Is that enough?
Stuff to Steal: Me and Mia off Shake the Sheets
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