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Write an honest record about money, religion and war and you're liable to be branded with the loathsome anti-American tag, an unjust fate that's befallen no less a band than St Louis agit-rockers Living Things. But that’s par for the course when your mom was a 60s radical and you burned posters of George Bush on stage at gigs during the 2000s. Say what you want about patriotism, but if they don't watch the Watchmen, who will? Damn good question. Luckily, the brothers Berlin – drummer Bosh, bassist Eve, and mastermind Lilian -- joined by guitarist Cory Becker, aren't willing to hazard a guess. MP3: Oxygen. On their latest barnburner, the political and social mine field of Habeas Corpus, Living Things extend their sneering critiques and impassioned cry to a new era – one where the economy’s in free fall, chickens are coming home to roost, and the very future is in question. Recorded in Berlin, itself a city once ravaged by war and riddled with questions of the future, the sophomore release from this troupe of everymen seems uniquely equipped to face this new world. Standing tall with the energy of unbridled punk rock, the wisdom of Americana, and the searching honest heart that beats in the chest of all of us. Maybe you don't know it yet, but this record belongs to you. And you. And you, too. Living Things is now hand delivering it in venues all across America as part of this summer’s Nylon music tour. The question is, will you be there to receive it? We hope so. And it would seem every music magazine under the sun does too. Frontman/lyricist Lillian Berlin urges his listeners to "take to the streets," if necessary, to enforce the will of the people. It's a heady manifesto, but Habeas Corpus never gets bogged down in rhetoric. –Billboard Wordman Lillian Berlin murmurs more than he declaims and prefers to share vocals with members of a shifting communal entity dubbed the “Living Things Choir,” and if that fuzzes up the lyrics, well, like most bands, Living Things are more into emotions than ideas anyway. –Blender The strength of this follow-up is not the defiant antiestablishment fist-pumping (though there's plenty), but the tunes. –Spin The danceable beats and grungy atmosphere make Habeas Corpus the ideal soundtrack for debauchery in the face of economic depression. –Alternative Press 06-05 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA