The Airing of Grievances | ||||
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Released | April 14, 2008 | |||
Recorded | August – December 2007 | |||
Studio | Marcata Recording (New Paltz, New York) | |||
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Length | 45:05 | |||
Label | Troubleman Unlimited | |||
Producer | Kevin McMahon | |||
Titus Andronicus chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 85/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alternative Press | [3] |
The A.V. Club | A− [4] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [5] |
The Guardian | [6] |
The Irish Times | [7] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Spin | [10] |
Uncut | [11] |
The Airing of Grievances is the first studio album by American punk rock band Titus Andronicus, released on the Troubleman Unlimited record label on April 14, 2008. The album combines elements of punk rock, shoegaze, and lo-fi music. It was reissued on January 20, 2009 on XL Recordings.
The album title is a reference to the Seinfeld episode "The Strike", where the "Airing of Grievances" is a practice observed during the fictional holiday of "Festivus". [12]
All tracks are written by Patrick Stickles.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ" | 5:56 |
2. | "My Time Outside the Womb" | 2:55 |
3. | "Joset of Nazareth's Blues" | 2:30 |
4. | "Arms Against Atrophy" | 5:16 |
5. | "Upon Viewing Bruegel's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus"" | 4:25 |
6. | "Titus Andronicus" | 3:31 |
7. | "No Future Part I" | 7:39 |
8. | "No Future Part II: The Day After No Future" | 6:54 |
9. | "Albert Camus" | 6:25 |
Production and recording by Kevin McMahon at Marcata Recording, New Paltz, NY between August and December 2007. [14] Mastered by Guy Davie at Electric Mastering, London. [14] Cover photo by Patrick Stickles and typography by Ian O'Neil. [14]
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