It’s hard to surpass the level of intensity that New Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus have attained on their blistering albums The Monitor (2010) and Local Business (2012).

Fronted by Patrick Stickles, Titus are the kind of classic punk-rock ennui-spewers that make depression funny and funny stuff depressing: listening to a song like “No Future Part Three,” with its refrain of “You’ll always be a loser,” you’re not sure whether you’re supposed to be sharing in triumph or defeat.

They also have no fucks to give, as covers of Icona Pop and the Hot Pockets theme attest. And as if that wasn’t enough… recently Stickles has taken to selling his services as a singing telegram in the NYC area.

Man, we love this band.