This is the third album in three years for Michael J. Sheehy. If only all bands were that productive. (Neutral Milk Hotel, I’m talking to you.) Sheehy fits a wide range of sounds on this album, including a danceable remix of “Mary, Bloody Mary 1” as a bonus track. This is a bit of a surprise, as the majority of the album has a down-tempo ballad feel to it. The opening song, “Distracting Yourself From the Doom,” is a depressing little number sounding a little bit like Nick Drake. This is then offset with the rousing, 60s go-go-influenced “Donkey Ride Straight to Hell.” This track has a thumping bass line that will put many funky white boys to shame. Like other songs on this album, “Donkey Ride…” is the story of losing love because of one’s own physical inadequacies. “Teardrop Time” is one of the few songs I know of where premature ejaculation is referenced: “Remember the night I first jumped your bones/Under the stars, against the cold, hard stones/And you, no resistance at all/And I shot my load in the time it takes a teardrop to fall.” Poor guy. You get that feeling a lot throughout No Longer My Concern, which at times makes it hard to enjoy. “It’s a perfect summer’s day/But I can’t be satisfied/Today I’m feeling ugly/Nothing to do but run and hide” are the opening lines to the appropriately title “Pigboy.” This is a well-crafted album full of poetically descriptive lyrics and superb musicianship, but the self-loathing and self-deprecation tend to get in the way.