Good, The Bad, & The Queen, The - Merrie Land VLLV900044.1

Good, The Bad, & The Queen, The - Merrie Land VLLV900044.1Merrie Land Centered around a nostalgic view of the past and as a reaction to our uncertain political times, the four piece supergroup, comprised of Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Simon Tong (The Verve) and Tony Allen (Fela Kuti), return with a new album 11 years after the release of their eponymous debut. The album sees the band's focus move beyond London with a beautiful and hopeful paean to the Britain of today an

Their 2009 follow-up

" "Stronger

at The Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco

and co-engineers Geoff Treager and Phil Hartunian

Black Candy was the beneficiary of this songwriting cornucopia

and decadent" - Pitchfork "She never sounds less than supremely confident on lyrics that make the personal political

there's "I Trained Her to Love Me

Made from clear

“Without Cause” 13

Close quarters hastened their exhaustion but also honed them as a group

"There was Fort Worth where the model was Freddy King and there was the Houston scene which was dominated by Lightnin' Hopkins

in three different cities and frontman Pierce spent another year mixing it at home