Description
Franz Nicolay is that dapper, mustachioed multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town you’ve seen with such groups as The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society. On Major General, he steps up to the spotlight with a melodramatic grab-bag of full-throated songs, stories, and days of wine & roses; shamelessly strident, stentorian and more than a little sentimental. Major General is rich with tales of punk-rock disillusionment, redemption, nostalgic regret, ruthless self-interrogations & reinvention, and defiant yet affectionate apologies. It’s a new look for the stylishly vaudevillian jack-of-all-trades with the Jimmy Durante and death’s-head-accordion tattoos. A new stop on a hobo’s-trail of intelligent, incisive hedonism that’s taken him through anarcho-circus punk, Balkan-gypsy, new chamber music, and anthemic classic rock.
Track List:
1. Jeff Penalty / 2. Hey Dad! / 3. World/Inferno vs. The End Of The Evening / 4. Dead Sailors / 5. Do We Not Live In Dreams? / 6. Confessions Of An Ineffective Casanova / 7. Quiet Where I Lie / 8. Note On A Subway Wall / 9. Nightratsong / 10. X-Games / 11. This World Is An Open Door / 12. Cease-Fire, or, Mrs. Norman Maine / 13. I’m Done Singing
