Listen to The Will to Live

Merge Records, September 30.

Depending on the song, Titus Andronicus is a punishing punk band, a pensive folk troupe, or a devastating pub act. On their latest project,

singer-guitarist Patrick Stickles grieves his cousin and founding Titus keyboardist Matt Miller with gruff vocals and all the literary allusions you’d expect from the band named for Shakespeare’s most lamentable tragedy.