Constantines - Arizona

So, in my continual pursuit of making this blog a "college rock" dumping ground (as I have been accused of lately) and in celebration of the release of the new album Shine A Light, I present to you a track off this Canadian band's debut which has recently been reissued. I swear I am not a shill for Sub Pop, I am just really digging the stuff that they are putting out right now.

The Constantines have been compared to an early version of Fugazi, which isn't anything to be ashamed of. Most D.C. influenced bands would give up their liprings to be compared to the likes to Picciotto and MacKaye. They might implore that they want "the death of rock 'n roll" but they seem to have been doing their homework.