Video: Titus Andronicus – In A Big City

With their first two studio albums, Titus Andronicus has turned what we’ve known about punk rock on its head with hyper-literate songs that tend to clock in at over five minutes or longer. The Glen Rock, New Jersey-based act, who were recently declared the “best young band in America” by Grantland, released their third full-length effort Local Business late last month. While 2010’s The Monitor was a song-cycle loosely based on the Civil War, their latest is a more straight-ahead affair rooted in a mix of ’70s glam and pub-rock. Patrick Stickles took to the streets of his hometown to shoot the video for the album’s lead single In A Big City, his ode to New York City. Check it out…

Titus Andronicus – In A Big City