The Medusa Fora

http://www.aversion.com/news/news_artic ... ws_id=8749

........"Former Hot Water Music front man Chuck Ragan's already showed the world what he can do with a live album; now he's ready to show his skills in the studio.

Ragan's studio-album debut, Feast or Famine arrives in stores Aug. 7 from Side One Dummy Records. The 12-track effort catches the onetime post-hardcore noise-monger testing out alt-country and Americana sounds with help with guest appearances by Alkaline Trio singer/guitarist Matt Skiba, Jolie Holland and The Pogues' James Fearnley........."

http://www.punknews.org/article/24048

You can check out the entire album on his myspace page.

I got a review copy yesterday - pretty good from I've heard so far.

This is a great album. It also features Nathen Maxwell (bass) and Matt Hensley (concertina) from Flogging Molly.