The Scally Cap Brats “Take a Shot”
Self-released
Released date: December 12th, 2011
Running Time: 12:22, 5 tracks
The Scally Cap Brats are a young band from Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada. Mike Pusiak (guitar and vocals) Mike McWhiskey (mandolin and vocals) Katherine Maziec (bass and vocals) and Kevin Grace (drums and vocals) met in 2010 and they released some demo tracks in 2011. The band plays “a mix between old traditional folk songs and aggressive folk infused punk rock with an Oi! influence”
References to booze can be found on many tracks, but there are also interesting lyrics as those of track no. 3 about World War II. Regarding the music I would have avoided to record a track like “Drunken Sailor”. I feel that it’s the kind of track that is OK for a live show. However, I think that an EP by a new band should featured only self-penned songs and perhaps traditional songs that have not been covered by many Celtic punk bands (for instance, Stan Rogers “Barratt’s Privateers”. So, my faves are “The Scally Cap Brats”, a song influenced by The Pogues “Red Roses for Me” era, and “Take a Shot”, an early Dropkick Murphys style song.
Anyway, The Scally Cap Brats have all the elements to become a band to follow: youth, attitude, Canadian heritage and a good mandolin sound like the early Mahones.
Tracklist:
01 – The Oath 2:15
02 – Drunken Sailor 2:10
03 – 1939 2:14
04 – Take a Shot 2:27
05 – The Scally Cap Brat 3:08
http://www.thescallybrats.com
To buy the CD, go to the band’s website
Review by Kinskmarkham
Self-released
Released date: December 12th, 2011
Running Time: 12:22, 5 tracks
The Scally Cap Brats are a young band from Metcalfe, Ontario, Canada. Mike Pusiak (guitar and vocals) Mike McWhiskey (mandolin and vocals) Katherine Maziec (bass and vocals) and Kevin Grace (drums and vocals) met in 2010 and they released some demo tracks in 2011. The band plays “a mix between old traditional folk songs and aggressive folk infused punk rock with an Oi! influence”
References to booze can be found on many tracks, but there are also interesting lyrics as those of track no. 3 about World War II. Regarding the music I would have avoided to record a track like “Drunken Sailor”. I feel that it’s the kind of track that is OK for a live show. However, I think that an EP by a new band should featured only self-penned songs and perhaps traditional songs that have not been covered by many Celtic punk bands (for instance, Stan Rogers “Barratt’s Privateers”. So, my faves are “The Scally Cap Brats”, a song influenced by The Pogues “Red Roses for Me” era, and “Take a Shot”, an early Dropkick Murphys style song.
Anyway, The Scally Cap Brats have all the elements to become a band to follow: youth, attitude, Canadian heritage and a good mandolin sound like the early Mahones.
Tracklist:
01 – The Oath 2:15
02 – Drunken Sailor 2:10
03 – 1939 2:14
04 – Take a Shot 2:27
05 – The Scally Cap Brat 3:08
http://www.thescallybrats.com
To buy the CD, go to the band’s website
Review by Kinskmarkham
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