Titus Andronicus Sign with Merge and Announce a New LP

Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus at Shea Stadium in July.

The Most Lamentable Tragedy

Back on July 7th, at the release party for the Titus Andronicus #SEVENSEVENINCHES singles subscription, I got a few questions on the Merge Records T-shirt I was wearing. That makes a lot more sense now as Titus Andronicus have announced the July 28th release of their fourth studio album (a TRIPLE LP), The Most Lamentable Tragedy, via Merge.

Before even the #SEVENSEVENINCHES announcement, the band took pre-orders for what was then called, simply, #LP4. Bits of information began to flow from Titus Andronicus HQ promising a 30-song rock opera, and we now know that TMLT will pack 29 songs into 93 minutes and 44 seconds.

According to the Merge Press Release:

The central narrative of TMLT (“a work of fiction,” claims singer/songwriter Patrick Stickles) concerns an unnamed protagonist whom we meet in deep despair. Following an encounter with his own doppelgänger (an enigmatic stranger, identical in appearance though opposite in disposition), long held secrets are revealed, sending our protagonist on a transformative odyssey, through past lives and new loves, to the shocking revelation that the very thing that sustains him may be the thing to destroy him.

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TMLT is both the crown jewel of the band’s discography and the legend that contextualizes their entire body of work. It reveals that +@ are what hardcore fans have said they are for years, and what the world must now recognize them to be: not merely the greatest rock and roll band of this era, but one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time.

Kevin McMahon produced along with Titus Andronicus guitarist Adam Riech. The band will be celebrating the release with a Shea Stadium residency of sorts from July 24th - 28th.

I don't know about you, but I'm excited.

Check out the lyric video for TMLT track "Dimed Out."