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Saturday, May 14, 2011

REVIEW - ZUNAME/DRUNKEN FAIRY TALES "SAINT PATRICK'S PUNX DAY SPLIT" (Self released) 2011


Zuname/Drunken Fairy Tales "Saint Patrick's Punx Day" Split
Release date: 2011
Running time: 26:48 (10:53 + 15:55) 13 (5+8) tracks

Celtic punk is a global genre. We have seen how the scene has grown in countries such as Japan, Australia, Hungary, the Czech Republic or even Indonesia. And, obviously, a Celtic Punk scene is growing very fast in Russia, one of the biggest countries in the world.

"Saint Patric's Punx Day" is a split that gathers two bands from Moscow, Zuname and Drunken Fairy Tales. The listener is lucky: both bands have a different sound and they are sharing the Split for free.

Zuname is a 6 piece bagpipes punk band featuring banjo too. However, they have a small disadvantage: they are only sharing 5 tracks, while Drunken Fairy Tales are sharing 8. Perhaps the best tracks are the odd numbers. Song number 1 is a good punk song. I feel that track no. 3 is their best song, an excellent oi! number. And track no. 5 is a song which is slower than the others, but quite enjoyable.

IMHO, the tracks whose titles are in English are the weakest ones. "Reality" is a ska-punk song and "Hardcore Song" is .. just a hardcore song.

Drunken Fairy Tales have a classic Pogues/Flogging Molly line-up: guitar, bass, drums, tin whistle, accordion, banjo and fiddle. Their accordion sound moves between The Cherry Cokes and the German band The Waxie's and sometimes the tin whistle is influenced by The Rumjacks.

Normally, the songs are very short. All of them are quite interesting, but I like the last ones, since I find them more "Russian". My fave is track no. 10, but track no. 8 is very good too (even if I feel that they should have removed The Kesh Jig from it. Everybody associates that tune with Flogging Molly)

"Saint Patrick's Punx Day Split" is a good album, so go ahead and listen to the Celtic punk sound from Russia. At least I would like to hear more stuff from both bands and see how they sound evolve.


Tracklist:

Zuname

01 - (All Together) 2:41
02 - Reality 1:34
03 - (This Time) 2:11
04 - Hardcore Song 0:56
05 - Drinking Song 3:29

Drunken Fairy Tales

06 - Molly 1:32
07 - (Old Pirate) 2:19
08 - (Fell in Love with a Soldier) 2:20
09 - (Public House) 1:42
10 - Just Common Irish Drinking Song 2:42
11 - (Galleon) 1:48
12 - (Friendship) 1:29
13 - (F*cking Mad Alcoholic) 2:03

The titles in brackets have been translated from Russian.
All the other titles are originally in English.

http://www.myspace.com/zuname

http://www.myspace.com/drunkenfairytales

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?338ribjpyp9y9p5


Review by Kinksmarkham

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2 comments:

  1. Very cool split disk! I thought they're from Czech Republic... my bad.

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  2. New Zuname Album "The train to Yuma". Links from the group:
    http://rusfolder.com/36511493
    http://yadi.sk/d/UwgyjCcv53mIs

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