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Brooklyn’s Cult Of Youth, primarily the project of multi-instrumentalist/songwriter and onetime Love As Laughter bassist Sean Ragon, has released home-recorded singles and one limited-edition Dais LP since 2007, but this new self-titled Chris Coady-produced, Kevin McMahon-mixed collection is the first he’s recorded with his proper band, bassist Micki Pellerano, drummer Glenn Maryanski, and violinist Christiana Key (who did the string arrangements on labelmate Zola Jesus’s “Poor Animal”). It’s also the first full-length with wider distribution. People who pay attention to the neo-folk, pagan folk, and post-industrial scene, wear Death In June/Current 93 shirts, bring up The Wicker Man occasionally in conversation, or frequent Todd Pendu’s gatherings, will likely be familiar with the band, but 2011 seems like the year the rest of the world will get a taste of Ragon’s frenetic, powerful energy