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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

REVIEW - TULLAMORE "Eire - Celtic Punk" (2013)

Tullamore "Eire - Celtic Punk"
Release date: March 27th,2013
Running time: 23:45, 7 tracks + 1 hidden track


Italy has an interesting Celtic punk scene with several bands singing in English. But there are also some young bands that sing in their mother tongue. Tullamore is one of them, a whiskey soaked eight piece from Pavia (whiskey means Tullamore Dew, of course).

The band was founded in 2007 and two years later they released their first 4 track demo. Their new demo is a 7 track CD. The sound is sharper, blending traditional music instruments such as mandolin, acoustic guitar and tin whistle with electric guitar, bass and drums. Tullamore’s music is closer to Strawdaze than to Dirty Artichokes. Not only is the instrumentation similar, but both of them sing in Italian. Apart from that, the mandolin and tin whistle are played in a Skels way and the general attitude is that of Dropkick Murphys early albums.

My faves: "Intro", “Poeta della Pinta",  a kick-ass tribute to Shane MacGowan featuring a passage from "IISFFGWG", “L’Ultimo Ribelle”, featuring their fellows from ska/punk’n’folk band Ashpipe, and “Rabbia e Cemento”,  with amazing mandolin and tin whistle on the traditional tune that has been added at the end of the song. Ah, and there is a hidden track, an Italian version of “Skinhead on The MBTA”.

Four out of seven songs are on their YouTube page. Go ahead, play them and then contact the Tullamore guys to buy their CD.

Tracklist:

1 - Intro 1:17
2 - Aria di Vittoria 3:14
3 - Poeta della Pinta 2:17
4 - L'Ultimo Ribelle feat. Ashpipe 2:55
5 - Figli dell'Odio 3:09
6 - Rabia e Cemento feat Dani (Melodie Distorte) 2:57
7 - Questa Strada 7:57

https://www.facebook.com/tullamore.celticpunk
https://myspace.com/dewtullamore
http://www.youtube.com/user/TullamoreCelticPunk/videos
http://inchiostro.unipv.it/?p=6203

Review by Kinksmarkham

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