Ted Leo - The Hanged Man (New CD)

The Hanged Man is Ted Leo's first solo album in nearly a decade, following his 2014 Aimee Mann collaboration The Both and 2010's The Brutalist Bricks with The Pharmacists. The 14-track collection was recorded at a home studio in Wakefield, Rhode Island with the singer/songwriter manning almost all of the instruments. The streamlined LP features Leo's familiar sharp bursts of skinny-tie pop-punk offset with an adventurousness in both tone and structure. The Hanged Man features contributions from Chris Wilson (The Pharmacists), Aimee Mann (The Both), Jean Grae and Jonathan Coulton and is ushered in by the urgent lead single "You're Like Me."