CD review: Robb Johnson and the Irregulars, Love & Death & Politics

Robb Johnson's latest batch of bleak, solid songs have the same no-nonsense quality as the album title. He writes about contemporary England, and is backed by a distinctively English-sounding band, a standard rock four-piece with melodeon taking the place of lead guitar and the occasional burst of viola from his guest, Attila the Stockbroker. The result tempers rock ballads with a folk edge, and is ideally suited to the blend of anger and nostalgia in many of his best songs, with their recurring...

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