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TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS - Living With The Living
| Aversion | | Usually when critics toss names like Joe Strummer and Paul Weller around in reviews, they talk about bands lifting those iconic songwriters' style, clumsily retrofitting The Clash and The Jam to a second- or third-rate copy of those angry young men. When Strummer and Weller allusions come up in conjunction with Ted Leo's Living with the Living, they indicate something else entirely. The singer/songwriter isn't just approximating the socially conscious efforts of his predecessors. He's finally achieved parity with them....full text |
| | AV Club | | Nobody will ever be caught just picking a Ted Leo song at an open-mic. Leo's songs can't exist without his unflagging, youthful conviction, and unlike many equally good songwriters, Leo can produce that reliably. In other words, it'd be hard for him to put out an unexciting album right now, so excitement alone wouldn't cut it....full text |
| | AbsolutePunk | | In an age when rock is flooded with bands that cite influences like Jimmy Eat World and Blink-182, its refreshing to see a band reference Bruce Springsteen and old-school punk, ska, and harcore. Ted Leo, one of Jersey's former hardcore heroes, and his bandmates the Pharmacists, illustrate that throughout all the emo-rock and post-harcore fodder out there, sometimes good old rock n' roll is the best medicine of all....full text |
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