On "St. You," a beautifully soulful acoustic number from the Constantines' debut, Bryan Webb sang "I'm soaked in kerosene / this is no gentleman's blues." That was a lie at the time, even more so now. The Constantines are very much gentleman's blues. They're a gentleman's rock band, a gentleman's punk band; a group with so many history-conscious romantic sensibilities that they extrude class on everything they've released. [more]