NIGHT MUSIC: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, “Shot With His Own Gun”

Steve Nieve’s ability to harness bombast and make it feel like something more specific is extraordinary, while Costello’s talent for unrelenting wordplay soars here. Allusion and implication make for an elusive and compelling story about, um, what exactly? It doesn’t matter. Daddy’s keeping mum.

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