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Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, Bought To Rot

Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, Bought To Rot



Since she’s spearheaded her band since its inception, and two of her band mates accompany her throughout this album, this is almost an Against Me! album — but it’s not quite. For one thing, Laura Jane Grace wrote the songs solo, instead of working collaboratively as AM does. For another, the music is different. It’s still raw and unfettered and somewhat punk-flavored, and there are also traces of the folk-tinged stuff AM were doing way back in the day, but overall Grace moves away from the very specific stylings of her band to give us an album full of straight-up, genre-transcending, all-out rock and roll. Highlights: “Reality Bites,” “China Beach,” “Valeria Golino”

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