Red Devil Dawn { vinyl }

Love songs abound on 2003's�Red Devil Dawn, but most of the love is dead or dying or at least dirty. That makes sense: Just a few years after his split with indie stalwarts�Archers of Loaf,�Eric Bachmann�had forcefully forged a new identity and sound with�Crooked Fingers, and he quickly amassed a catalog of gorgeous, poetic songs about weary losers and broken lives. This is the album that gave their desperation it's most pointed, perfectly detailed homes.