The Stanfields "Death and Taxes"
Release date: September 18,2012
Running time: 38:09, 10 tracks
In September 2010 I got an e-mail from Ronan (Celtic Rock Asso France) telling me that I should check out a new band from Nova Scotia, Canada. I really enjoyed what I listened. The Stanfields were not your typical Celtic punk/rock band, but their debut album was a must have. Definitely they were a band to follow.
Two years have gone by and the guys have just released their second album. "Death & Taxes" is a bigger dose of hard rock guitars together with bluegrass and country influences and awesome folk lyrics. I'm not lying when I say that this album is far better than their debut album. In fact, it's so good that IMHO is one of the top3 albums of the year.
There are excellent rocking numbers like the opening track "Jack of All Trades", the Bryan Adams sounding "Run on the Banks" or the song that shares the title with the album, "Death & Taxes" (imagine a Canadian Street Dogs). However, my faves are those songs with folk roots. The Stanfields rendition of "Mrs. McGrath" is a killer, one of the best songs on the album together with track no. 6, "The Boston States". The music is simply amazing, but the lyrics deal with real "traditional folk" topics. "The Road to Guysborough" is another goods example: a country song about the dangers of walking on the woods at night. Great number à la Steve Earle. "Blacktop Blues" follows the same path, a punkabilly song about the truck drivers' life. And "Fox in the Heather" really rocks.
"Death & Taxes" has been produced by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith...) Obviously it's a guitars album, since The Stanfields are a rock band. But there is plenty of folk elements on both music and lyrics, as I have previously said. Therefore, if you didn't grab a copy of their debut album, don't make the same mistake again. Go ahead and enjoy one of the most interesting and authentic bands of the current scene.
Tracklist:
01. Jack of All Trades 3:51
02. Run On the Banks 4:25
03. Mrs. McGrath 4:54
04. Invisible Hands 3:22
05. The Road to Guysborough 3:26
06. The Boston States 4:26
07. Fox in the Heather 3:01
08. Blacktop Blues 3:13
09. Death & Taxes 3:15
10. Dunvegan's Drums 3:55
http://thestanfields.ca
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/The-Stanfields
http://www.facebook.com/thestanfields
https://twitter.com/thestanfields
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There are excellent rocking numbers like the opening track "Jack of All Trades", the Bryan Adams sounding "Run on the Banks" or the song that shares the title with the album, "Death & Taxes" (imagine a Canadian Street Dogs). However, my faves are those songs with folk roots. The Stanfields rendition of "Mrs. McGrath" is a killer, one of the best songs on the album together with track no. 6, "The Boston States". The music is simply amazing, but the lyrics deal with real "traditional folk" topics. "The Road to Guysborough" is another goods example: a country song about the dangers of walking on the woods at night. Great number à la Steve Earle. "Blacktop Blues" follows the same path, a punkabilly song about the truck drivers' life. And "Fox in the Heather" really rocks.
"Death & Taxes" has been produced by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith...) Obviously it's a guitars album, since The Stanfields are a rock band. But there is plenty of folk elements on both music and lyrics, as I have previously said. Therefore, if you didn't grab a copy of their debut album, don't make the same mistake again. Go ahead and enjoy one of the most interesting and authentic bands of the current scene.
Tracklist:
01. Jack of All Trades 3:51
02. Run On the Banks 4:25
03. Mrs. McGrath 4:54
04. Invisible Hands 3:22
05. The Road to Guysborough 3:26
06. The Boston States 4:26
07. Fox in the Heather 3:01
08. Blacktop Blues 3:13
09. Death & Taxes 3:15
10. Dunvegan's Drums 3:55
http://thestanfields.ca
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/The-Stanfields
http://www.facebook.com/thestanfields
https://twitter.com/thestanfields
Click to buy:
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