We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

Johnny Marr joined the band, and the songs got bigger. Sea-shanty rhythms behind Isaac Brock's best dread.
— Jason Chletsos, curator

7.8

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Johnny Marr joined the band and the songs got bigger — sea-shanty rhythms behind Brock's best dread, even if the whole felt less urgent than its predecessors.

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