Sons of O’Flaherty is a six-piece outfit from Vannes (French Brittany). The band was born at the pub John R. O’Flaherty and the original line-up was Gros Tibo (guitar, vocals), Mael (mandolin) and Mak (fiddle). The current line-up includes Théo (bass), Patrick (percussions) and P.E. (flute).
The 5 track demo CD the band has recently released is a good collection of rebel songs clearly influenced by The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones and the early Christy Moore albums. Two of the tracks are well-known songs such as “Star of the County Down” and “Sam Hall”. However, IMHO, their self-penned songs are more interesting, particularly “Bobby (Sands)” and “Da Viken”.
As the band says that their influences are Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, The Tossers, Social Distortion or Bad Religion, I guess that they could soon evolve into a real Celtic Punk band and move from the pubs circuit to the rock venues circuit. They are young, they write their own material and a strong competitor to The Booze would help to establish a Celtic punk scene in France.
Tracklist:
1 – Bobby
2 – Star of the County Down
3 – Da Viken
4 - Sam Hall
5 – Sons (+ hidden track: “Molly Malone” drunken version)
www.myspace.com/sonsofoflaherty
Review by Kinksmarkham
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The 5 track demo CD the band has recently released is a good collection of rebel songs clearly influenced by The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones and the early Christy Moore albums. Two of the tracks are well-known songs such as “Star of the County Down” and “Sam Hall”. However, IMHO, their self-penned songs are more interesting, particularly “Bobby (Sands)” and “Da Viken”.
As the band says that their influences are Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, The Tossers, Social Distortion or Bad Religion, I guess that they could soon evolve into a real Celtic Punk band and move from the pubs circuit to the rock venues circuit. They are young, they write their own material and a strong competitor to The Booze would help to establish a Celtic punk scene in France.
Tracklist:
1 – Bobby
2 – Star of the County Down
3 – Da Viken
4 - Sam Hall
5 – Sons (+ hidden track: “Molly Malone” drunken version)
www.myspace.com/sonsofoflaherty
Review by Kinksmarkham
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