Algiers Algiers 2LP Double LP On INSOMNIAC

On INSOMNIAC

The result is an impressive collection of songs that finds the goth-leaning New Jersey punk-pop group transforming itself into the title's "Black Parade

Sadness Sets Me Free A2

Album opener Common Ground sets the tone for whats to come

Algiers Algiers 2LP Double LP On INSOMNIACThe debut LP by Algiers is haunted by promises of the past: the rapturous call and response of millenarian gospel, the bellowing urgency of 60s protest soul, the scene searching intensity of DC hardcore and the smeared viscosity of post punk and no wave. After all, as Marx once said: The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. But rather than revel in a state of nostalgia, the band wields these burdened