Top 10 LP’s 2011: #2 Leave Home ~ The Men

As the cover suggests Leave Home listens like a proper two sided lp. The first half does an incredible job of channeling My War while the second half is a grimy bass driven garage rock romp (MC5 x Jeff The Brotherhood). Between the two The Men have teased out the two distinct parts of what made their debut EP so rad. In fairness a great deal of my love for the album is due in large part to the Black Flag influence.  My War is one of my top 3 albums and it is an incredibly difficult album to rework in a unique way and that The Men have done that really well. That achievement more than anything else is responsible for where this album ends up on the list, its not to say that the LP as a whole isn’t excellent but I can’t imagine that without a strong affinity for late Flag that the record would rate as highly.