Anthems For Doomed Love, the Libertines, 2015, :45
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
What a brilliant comeback! Yes, you can call it a comeback. Brilliant lyrics, gorgeous melodies, wonderful blending of lead vocals. But it's far from a retread of their superb self-titled album; it's a step forward. "Here's a story about the rules of death or glory / To be learned by heart by all children of men / It's the hour of the morning on the day after the dawning / When the sun they said would never set finally set again." But then the sun did rise again on the likely lads' Albion, at least for a while. The dry fatalistic poetry of the boozer, wrapped up in sweet guitar licks. Favorite tracks: "Anthem For Doomed Youth," "Belly of the Beast," "Glasgow Coma Scale Blues."
