Got this album for my birthday. Not all the songs quite work, and there are some strange choices of cover such as Map of your head which is a b-side but, the songs that work are brilliant. The strings add an intensity and emotion to the music that I wouldn't have thought possible.
The cover of New Born from their second album Origins of Symmetry is one of my particular favourites, here it alongside the original. Wonder if the band has heard this and what they think...
Also got Gypsy Punks by Gogol Bordello who Mosh describes as sounding like The Clash with violins. It is pretty mental and when I listen to a couple of tracks I want to put on a big fur hat, baggy trousers and a waste coat and dance cossack style. I predict the gig is going to be just plain bonkers and I can't wait.
This song is worth the album, just for the title alone: