Ld & New Criticism Tragic Realism CD

Tragic Realism, the hi-fi debut by New York ensemble LD & the New Criticism, features 16 original rollicking pop songs (no, really!) about cheating, lying, fucking, stealing, murder, suicide, revenge and other natural disasters both public and private. Tragic Realism's baroque-hoedown swirl will set your toes a-tappin' even as you're wondering why it is you're laughing out loud at someone else's dire misfortune. Colored with Beghtol's glossy Brill Building pop sensibilities, Tragic Realism is sure to please those whose taste includes everything from the Carter Family and George Jones to REM and Unwound, with some Happy Goodman Family and Cheap Trick thrown in just to trip you up. It's like a liquored-up zydeco wedding band lost inside your iPod. With liner notes by bestselling horror novelist Peter Straub. Darla. 2005.

1. Elegy for An Ex 2. Always the Last to Know 3. Apathy ! 4. Trouble in Toyland 5. When We Dance (At Joe Orton's Wedding) 6. Burn, Burn, Burn in Hell 7. Definite 8. Laughing at You 9. I've Got One Foot in the Grave and the Other on the Dance Floor 10. Death Lies Near at Hand 11. Diy and Save Big 12. If You Love Me, Baby Pull the Plug 13. Too Old to Die Young 14. In Blues 15. Unpaid Endorsement 16. [Untitled Track]