Shambolics "Pogue Mahone" Locrian Records BFSCD1401
Release date: 1 February 2014
Running time: 24:07, 6 tracks
After the septet from Adelaide The Gartloney Rats disbanded, three members decided to keep on folking under a new name: Shambolics. Alan (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars), Jim (vocals, mandolin, banjo, mandola) and Paul (accordion, drums, harmonica, Hammond organ and backing vocals) have recorded "Pogue Mahone" together with guest musicians Gavin (tin whistle, bass, bagpipes and keyboards) and Pat (acoustic guitar on track 6). Gavin is Gavin O’Loghlen of Gavin O’Lochlen and Cotters Bequest fame, and he has also recorded the mini-album.
Songwriting and lead vocal duties have been shared between Alan and Jim. Alan have written and sung the odds numbers while Jim has written and sung the even numbers. The guys have followed a “rough at the edges” approach and the final result is really awesome. The lyrics are about authentic pubs and the people that usually can be found there (“Halfway Inn”), painful loves (“Only You”) or sailors ("Seven Seas”), and the accordion sound together with the banjo/mandolin and the tin whistle are the main elements of the band’s identity.
The tracks I recommend: “Halway Inn”, my fave ,“Pogue Mahone”, with its main line “If my Pogue Mahone offends You … Pogue Mahone”, “Seven Seas”, featuring “Rattlin’ Bog”, and “Why Try to Change Me”, a Mexican border sound with The Pogues/The Popes echoes (“Misty Morning Albert Bridge”, “Lonesome Higway”)
The mini-abum package is a jewel case with an 8 page booklet including all the lyrics, credits and a band cartoon. Go ahead and buy a hard copy. It’s available at CDbaby, so expensive shipping costs from Australia have been cut down. Shambolics “Pogue Mahone”: The Pogues and The Dubliners influences have got an Aussie twist and it really works.
Tracklist:
1 - Pogue Mahone (Kiss My Arse) 3:47
2 - Halfway Inn 5:48
3 - Only You 3:40
4 - Seven Seas 3:32
5 - Why Try to Change Me 3:58
6 - Filfee Fievin Bastards 3:20
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Release date: 1 February 2014
Running time: 24:07, 6 tracks
After the septet from Adelaide The Gartloney Rats disbanded, three members decided to keep on folking under a new name: Shambolics. Alan (vocals, acoustic and electric guitars), Jim (vocals, mandolin, banjo, mandola) and Paul (accordion, drums, harmonica, Hammond organ and backing vocals) have recorded "Pogue Mahone" together with guest musicians Gavin (tin whistle, bass, bagpipes and keyboards) and Pat (acoustic guitar on track 6). Gavin is Gavin O’Loghlen of Gavin O’Lochlen and Cotters Bequest fame, and he has also recorded the mini-album.
Songwriting and lead vocal duties have been shared between Alan and Jim. Alan have written and sung the odds numbers while Jim has written and sung the even numbers. The guys have followed a “rough at the edges” approach and the final result is really awesome. The lyrics are about authentic pubs and the people that usually can be found there (“Halfway Inn”), painful loves (“Only You”) or sailors ("Seven Seas”), and the accordion sound together with the banjo/mandolin and the tin whistle are the main elements of the band’s identity.
The tracks I recommend: “Halway Inn”, my fave ,“Pogue Mahone”, with its main line “If my Pogue Mahone offends You … Pogue Mahone”, “Seven Seas”, featuring “Rattlin’ Bog”, and “Why Try to Change Me”, a Mexican border sound with The Pogues/The Popes echoes (“Misty Morning Albert Bridge”, “Lonesome Higway”)
The mini-abum package is a jewel case with an 8 page booklet including all the lyrics, credits and a band cartoon. Go ahead and buy a hard copy. It’s available at CDbaby, so expensive shipping costs from Australia have been cut down. Shambolics “Pogue Mahone”: The Pogues and The Dubliners influences have got an Aussie twist and it really works.
Tracklist:
1 - Pogue Mahone (Kiss My Arse) 3:47
2 - Halfway Inn 5:48
3 - Only You 3:40
4 - Seven Seas 3:32
5 - Why Try to Change Me 3:58
6 - Filfee Fievin Bastards 3:20
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Review by Kinksmarkham
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