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...notices a “home sweet home” sign in the hallway, to which someone has attached a large axe. When he expresses his surprise, violins screech forebodingly, and Marie answers, “You never know when you may need an axe!” Though Leo??s performance is genuinely creepy and amusing, her delivery could not prevent this hackneyed line from falling flat...
...When the café doors exploded / I reacted to, reacted to you,” this track is an imperative statement. Coming from TL/Rx, its forcefulness is expected, but so is everything else—the song is unsurprising and ordinary. As flawless a blend as Leo??s falsetto, a tight drum line, and a melodic guitar solo can be, there’s no particular charm in stating the obvious. About as Ted Leo as Ted Leo can get, “The Mighty Sparrow” is an introduction indicative of an album whose success lies...
Take “Even Heroes Have to Die,” an assertive stance on the reality of growing old, which Leo??now nearing 40—appears to regard with poise rather than panic. Powered by dynamic acoustic guitar, the upbeat melody has Leo singing, “Even heroes have to die / No one lives forever / No one’s wise to try.” The song is more reminiscent of the enervating, passionate style TL/Rx presented on 2004’s undervalued “Shake the Sheets?...
...Ergo” is the story of three men—the widower Wacholder, his stepson Aslan, and the tenant Leo??living at “Custom House No. 8,” a dilapidated lodgment by an unnamed river. Much of the plot is chaotic or simply unclear. The novel takes for granted its unconventional structure; it frequently jumps from character to character, with each delivering bizarre and fanciful episodes. The narrative treats characters without any semblance of sympathy or logic. During the first half of the book, Aslan barely carries a significant role. All the reader...
...chaos of the novel serves as a background for Lind’s omnipresent existentialism. Because in the world of “Ergo” everything is permitted, Lind takes the liberty of mentioning the concept everywhere. From the most quotidian of conversations to the Leo??s deitific chants, the characters communicate via existential tropes from modern literature whose clearest source is Samuel Beckett...