Review: Bradford rockers New Model Army recorded this double album at Berlin's legendary SO36 venue, a major venue for punk and alternative music, up there with CBGB's. Leaning into their heaviest streak, the album captures the band at their energetic best. Perhaps it was the relief of having done one of the most challenging recording int heir history the day before playing with Sinfonia Leipzig Orchestra for the Sinfonia album but there's a visceral, heightened feeling to it. And hearing the crowd give it back to them with wild abandon adds to the sense of occasion on this epic career-spanning 19 song set.
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