Cheers! "Wrong & Right" Self-released
Release date: 9 May 2013
Running time: 47:46, 13 tracks
The Czech septet Cheers! is an island on the Czech Celtic punk scene, since they don’t play bagpipes like the other band do (Pipes and Pints, Curlies, Benjaming Band …). However, the five boys and two girls from the City of Beer, Pilsen, are a band that is worth hearing.
After a single that was released in 2011, Cheers! have recently delivered their new offering, a kick-ass debut album. Accordion, fiddle and whistles/flutes are the trade mark of this young band together with acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums. Thirteen tracks have been recorded live at Saloon Roudná and they are a great bunch of songs: a couple of instrumentals and nine self-penned numbers.
Release date: 9 May 2013
Running time: 47:46, 13 tracks
The Czech septet Cheers! is an island on the Czech Celtic punk scene, since they don’t play bagpipes like the other band do (Pipes and Pints, Curlies, Benjaming Band …). However, the five boys and two girls from the City of Beer, Pilsen, are a band that is worth hearing.
After a single that was released in 2011, Cheers! have recently delivered their new offering, a kick-ass debut album. Accordion, fiddle and whistles/flutes are the trade mark of this young band together with acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums. Thirteen tracks have been recorded live at Saloon Roudná and they are a great bunch of songs: a couple of instrumentals and nine self-penned numbers.
I love to find one or two instrumentals on a Celtic punk album and Cheers! have featured the right dose. The original opening number “Frying Pan” let you know what you can expect from them: infectious Celtic Punk. The second instrumental is a set of tunes featuring the well-known “Morrison’s Jig”. It’s the only traditional material on the CD and it has been put on the right place on the track list.
Regarding the songs, they shift from the Greenland Whalefishers energy to the Irish Stew of Sindidun subtility. The Norwegian influence can be found on the best tracks of the album. “Rugged Days” is a top notch Irish punk song featuring accordion and flute and it could be chosen as first single. “Cliffs of Galway” can rival with “Rugged Days”, since it’s an amazing track with Pafka singing the male vocals and Katerina singing the female vocals. Finally, “Jim” has been re-arranged and a new part has been added at the end. The Serbian twist could be heard on tracks such as “Molly’s Eyes” and the closing track “In the Maze”, a brilliant song with awesome arrangements (accordion, flute and fiddle).
Don’t forget to check out the following songs too: “Poor Man’s Hat”, a number that gives The Cherry Cokes a run for their money, “Mary Hogan’s” , a song close to The Killigans best material featuring a fantastic accordion, and “Parnik”, a sort of a shanty that is the only song in Czech. The accordion shines on this track too and the sound can be linked to that of the Polish band Molly Malone’s.
The eight page booklet includes the lyrics to every single track. But you’ll be stunned when you realized that 11 are in Czech and only 1 in English. I guess that it’s a joke, in fact the album is titled “Wrong & Right”.
The band is really tight and the album features a well balanced set. Remember that previous material by the band is available on our sampler from June 2012.If you like straightforward Celtic punk and have enjoyed the likes of Dirty Artichokes and The Moorings, contact Cheers! and get this CD.
Tracklist:
01 - Frying Pan 3:01
02 - Cliffs of Galway 3:24
03 - Molly's Eyes 3:36
04 - Mary Hogan's 4:05
05 - Collier 3:46
06 - Parnik 3:49
07 - Jim 5:03
08 - Poor Man's Hat 2:24
09 - Tearberries 2:36
10 - I'll Never Be the Same Man Again 3:47
11 - Rugged Day 4:11
12 - Wrong & Right 2:59
13 - In the Maze 5:07
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheers/104821386271093
http://www.myspace.com/my-cheers
http://bandzone.cz/cheers
https://twitter.com/CheersCZ
Contact the band to purchase the CD:
cheerscz@seznam.cz
Review by Kinksmarkham
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