World/Inferno Friendship Society

'Red-Eyed Soul'

Fanciful storytelling from carnivalesque Brooklyn clan.

Spin Rating6 of 10

The two bands that Franz Nicolay plays keyboards for -- the Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society -- share a drunken, wild-eyed aesthetic. But while the former group is classic rock and proud, the latter plays oft-frantic cabaret punk with heavy klezmer touches. On Red-Eyed Soul, W/IFS sing about the circus, Paul Robeson, and pretty anarchists, with a beery insouciance that makes up for their occasional overexcitability.

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By Michaelangelo Matos

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World/Inferno Friendship Society

'Red-Eyed Soul'

The Mark Lanegan Band 'Blues Funeral'

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Van Halen 'A Different Kind of Truth'

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