Ambulance | THE BOYS OF STRUMMER Brooklyn's Ambulance LTD studied the masters to earn their post-punk pedigree
THE BOYS OF STRUMMER Brooklyn's Ambulance LTD studied the masters to earn their post-punk pedigree
Music Review

LP (2004)

Ambulance LTD
Reviewed by Michael Endelman | Dec 20, 2004
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Release Date: Mar 23, 2004; Lead Performance: Ambulance LTD; Genre: Rock

Not that we needed another artfully disheveled Brooklyn band with a hip list of Brit-rock influences (Slowdive, Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine) and a Velvet Underground fetish, but Ambulance LTD's alluring debut, LP, is hard to shake off. Other neo-post-punk acts might be more original, but few have Ambulance's potent brew of literate lyrics, warm-fuzzy riffs, and infectious hooks. Bonus: It's never clear whether singer Marcus Congleton is in love with a girl or drugs or both. How Lou Reed of him.

Originally posted Dec 17, 2004 Published in issue #798 Dec 24, 2004 Order article reprints
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