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DOWNLOAD: Future of the Left - The Hope That House Built (MP3)

First up was Future of the Left a Welsh trio featuring two members of the late, great Mclusky.

The main differences between the two bands are: 1) In FotL, there are a couple of songs in which Andy Falkous plays a keyboard instead of guitar; 2) Falkous and the bassist haven't grown to hate each other. Other than that, it's pretty much the same, and that is a very, very good thing. [Washington Post]

Future Of The Left opened for Ted Leo and Against Me! at Webster Hall in NYC on Saturday night (Oct 11). It was their first NYC show which is part of a much larger North American tour that continues until October 28th. I couldn't make this show, so I'm looking forward to their return. More pictures from Webster Hall below...

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DOWNLOAD: Future of the Left - adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood (MP3)

I totally forgot about the new Future of the Left album "Curses" until I just looked through this week's list of new releases. I had the advance version in regular rotation months ago - so much so, that I was trying really hard to get them to come over from the UK to play CMJ, but it didn't happen (specifically because their album wasn't coming out here until now I think) (It came out in September in the UK). then I accidentaly forgot about it. Future of the Left...

consists of singer/guitarist Andy "Falco" Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone, both previously of Cardiff band mclusky, alongside singer/bassist Kelson Mathias, formerly of the Ammanford-based group Jarcrew.....[Wikipedia]

So, I just put it on again, and I like it again - it's high energy, fast, silly & smart - reminds me of a lot of the not-so-serious (in a good way) punk/hardcore bands from the late 80's & early 90's. (props to HOAS for the recommendation). Download the MP3 above. More songs @ MySpace. Videos below....

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