The Tosspints "Have You Been Drinking?" East Grand Record Co.
Release date: 4 June 2013
Running time: 42:02, 12 tracks
The Tosspints are Don Zuzula (guitars, banjo, mandolin, lead vocals), Zak Zuzula (bass, backing vocals and lead vocals on two songs) and John Johnson (drums, gang vocals). “Have You Been Drinking?” is their third release.
There are a couple of standards, a fast-paced rendition of “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye” and an even faster version of “Come Out Ye Black and Tans”. Apart from those tracks, all the numbers are self-penned songs. There is a ska song with guest Andy Reed on organ, “Shoot at All the Cops” and Flogging Molly’s quietest moments are present on “Eleanor”(another song featuring Andy Reed on piano). However, most of the numbers have a Johnny Cash or The Men They Couldn’t Hang early albums sound. IMHO, the most interesting songs among these would be “Our Last Breath” (the song with the folkiest sound) and “Train Robber Song”.
Anyway, my favourite numbers are “Your Name” (a track with a Stanfields sound), “Blood and Whiskey” (a song in the Dropkick Murphys/Street Dogs vein) and the opening number “Genocide is Painless” (with a beginning that reminds me of Cranberries “Zombie” ).
Tracklist:
01 - Genocide is Painless 3:47
02 - Soldiers Heart 3:33
03 - Our Last Breath 5:10
04 - Shoot at All the Cops 1:48
05 - My Own Country 3:12
06 - Train Robber Song 2:49
07 - Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye 3:03
08 - Come Out Ye Black and Tans 2:14
09 - Message in a Bottle 2:46
10 - Eleanor 4:35
11 - Your Name 3:26
12 - Blood and Whiskey 6:34
http://www.thetosspints.com
https://www.facebook.com/thetosspints
http://www.reverbnation.com/thetosspints
https://twitter.com/TheTosspints
Click to buy:
http://eastgrand.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-been-drinking
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thetosspints3
Review by Kinksmarkham
Release date: 4 June 2013
Running time: 42:02, 12 tracks
The Tosspints are Don Zuzula (guitars, banjo, mandolin, lead vocals), Zak Zuzula (bass, backing vocals and lead vocals on two songs) and John Johnson (drums, gang vocals). “Have You Been Drinking?” is their third release.
There are a couple of standards, a fast-paced rendition of “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye” and an even faster version of “Come Out Ye Black and Tans”. Apart from those tracks, all the numbers are self-penned songs. There is a ska song with guest Andy Reed on organ, “Shoot at All the Cops” and Flogging Molly’s quietest moments are present on “Eleanor”(another song featuring Andy Reed on piano). However, most of the numbers have a Johnny Cash or The Men They Couldn’t Hang early albums sound. IMHO, the most interesting songs among these would be “Our Last Breath” (the song with the folkiest sound) and “Train Robber Song”.
Anyway, my favourite numbers are “Your Name” (a track with a Stanfields sound), “Blood and Whiskey” (a song in the Dropkick Murphys/Street Dogs vein) and the opening number “Genocide is Painless” (with a beginning that reminds me of Cranberries “Zombie” ).
Tracklist:
01 - Genocide is Painless 3:47
02 - Soldiers Heart 3:33
03 - Our Last Breath 5:10
04 - Shoot at All the Cops 1:48
05 - My Own Country 3:12
06 - Train Robber Song 2:49
07 - Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye 3:03
08 - Come Out Ye Black and Tans 2:14
09 - Message in a Bottle 2:46
10 - Eleanor 4:35
11 - Your Name 3:26
12 - Blood and Whiskey 6:34
http://www.thetosspints.com
https://www.facebook.com/thetosspints
http://www.reverbnation.com/thetosspints
https://twitter.com/TheTosspints
Click to buy:
http://eastgrand.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-been-drinking
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thetosspints3
Review by Kinksmarkham
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