Titus Andronicus give away rare live album & reveal rejected artwork for 'Local Business'

Patrick Stickles, frontman of Titus Andronicus, has tweeted the rejected artwork for last year’s album, Local Business, as well as a download link to rare vinyl-only live album, The Innocents Abroad.

It’s been a busy morning on the Titus Andronicus Twitter account. First came the not-to-be first artwork for their last album, viewable above, and then came a link to download an obscure live cut from the band (downloadable here), finally “liberated from its vinyl prison”.

See what Stickles had to say about why the artwork was cast aside below:

This is what they wanted the LP to look like:

Instead, they ended up plumping for this…

Whilst you ponder which one you prefer, give the album’s lead single, ‘In A Big City’, a spin below: