Shake the Sheets:Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

Title: Shake the Sheets

Label: Lookout

Genre: pop-rock perfection

Rating: 7 of 7

Everyone’s favorite pop wordsmith, Ted Leo (ex-Chisel frontman), returns for his third full-length for LookOut! Records with his slim downed backing band, the Pharmacists. Now a threesome, the NYC group has polished and simplified their already perfected sound; upbeat punk-infused rock ballads that are political and societal without ever being preachy. Not to mention that absolutely every song on the disc is more contagious than the flu. Produced by Chris Shaw (Bob Dylan, Public Enemy, Dashboard Confessional) and recorded at James Iha’s Stratosphere in Manhattan, Shake the Sheets is another perfect progression for the undeniably genius Ted Leo and his romantic lyricism. He’s our generation’s Joe Strummer.

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