"'January Song,' the bluesy leadoff track from veteran English folkie Billy Bragg's first solo outing since 2008's Mr. Love and Justice, begins with the lyric 'I'm so tightly wound in tension' and ends with 'This is how the world ends,' signaling a shift from the stalwart political activism of previous outings to a more internalized dialogue that suggests a subtle re-positioning of the magnifying glass. Bragg has always tempered his political leanings with matters of the heart, and the weepy 'Chasing Rainbows' and sad and soulful 'Your Name on My Tongue' rank as two of his more intimate offerings, suggesting a recent emotional upheaval that needed a basement in Pasadena, California to find catharsis."
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YouTube: Tooth & Nail, No One Knows Nothing Anymore, Handyman Blues, Ideology, I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore, Another Man's Done Gone, Greetings to the New Brunette, January Song
2011 November: Billy Bragg, 2012 November: Strange Things Happen (Live on The Tube 1984), 2012 December: The Internationale, 2013 May: Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
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