The Fatty Farmers "Down in the Streets" CDM012
Release date: June 2011
Running Time: 37 minutes, 10 tracks
“Down in the Streets” is The Fatty Farmer’s debut album. Last year this Spanish band released a 3 track demo that turned out to be a revolution in the Celtic punk scene. A lot of fans enjoyed the raw energy of this young band, but others pointed out that Rodri ‘s vocals sounded exactly as I he was a Dave King impersonator.
In the meanwhile, the band has recorded this 10 track album which is the evidence that they are more than a Flogging Molly wanabee band. With the addition of Goyo the band has now eight members: Rodrigo Farmer (mandolin, banjo & lead vocals), Sweet Javato (whistles & bagpipes), Javito "Litle Boy" (fiddle), Lalo (acoustic guitar & backing vocals), Diego F. (electric guitar, banjo & backing vocals), Lamber (bass guitar & backing vocals), Juankar (Drums) and the aforementioned Goyo (accordion).
The Flogging Molly influence is still there. However, if you listen carefully to the songs, other influences can be heard. For instance, Dropkick Murphys in the opener “Down in the Streets” (those gang vocals), Blood or Whiskey in “Drunken Night in Temple Bar” (the banjo) or even a shade of Bruce Sprinsgteen in the rock’n’roll number “Brisking Your Nights”.
All of the tracks that were included in the demo have been re-recorded for the album. High voltage songs that have been polished to get exactly the quality that the band was looking for.
I love “Welcome to Baja California”, specially the end. It recalls me Shane MacGowan’s “The Snake with Eyes of Garnett”. When you think that the song is over, a new part begins. The album version, apart from the fiddle and the banjo, features the accordion.
“Tomorrow” was obviously the best track of the demo and therefore after having been recorded in a good studio and mastered in Ireland, the song is a great hit. Excellent guitar work.
“Islands” features now the accordion and it can be easily heard at the beginning of the song, just after the fiddle and the whistle. Epic vocals.
In the same vein, the single “The Man of Glendalough” and a “Drunken Night in Temple Bar” are top-notch tracks that any Celtic punk fan will love. Besides, the lyrics are really Irish, aren’t they?
Anyway, my faves are “Homeless”, “The School Shooter” and “Wild Ways to Galway”
“Homeless” is a sort of an epic song which can be linked either to Paddy and the Rats or to The Cherry Cokes. I like the percussion at the beginning and the rythm section work all along the song. And the end, with those shouts and whistlings, is fantastic.
“The School Shooter” is a song about the Virginia Tech Massacre that took place in April 2007. It’s the kind of lyrics that I wouldn’t expect from a Spanish band (School shooting in Europe has occurred in Germany or Finland, but never in Spain)
“Wild Ways to Galway” is another Irish lyric, about emigration. The accordion and the banjo recall me a band playing in a Midsummer Fair (in fact, at the beginning of the track, the fireworks can be heard). Not a raucous number, but a good balance for the album.
Yes, the long awaited debut by The Fatty Farmers is better than expected. Grab your copy asap! Rodri sings like Dave King? So what! Both Greenland Whalefishers’ singer Arvid Grov and The Dolomites’ singer were said to sound as Shane MacGowan, but nowadays their albums are Celtic Punk classics and nobody says that they are/were wanabee bands. And, if you are a Flogging Molly diehard fan and you are not happy with “Float” and “Speed of Darkness”, maybe you should give The Fatty Farmers a listen.
Tracklist:
1 - Down In The Streets 3:51
2 - Man Of Glendalough 3:52
3 - A Drunken Night In Temple Bar 3:13
4 - Homeless 2:50
5 - Welcome To Baja California 4:57
6 - The School Shooter 3:58
7 - Wild Ways To Galway 3:50
8 - Tomorrow 3:56
9 - Brisking Your Nights 3:27
10 – Island 4:04
http://www.thefattyfarmers.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fatty-Farmers/214873988529942
http://www.myspace.com/thefattyfarmers
To buy the CD, contact the band:
thefattyfarmers @hotmail.com
Review by Kinksmarkham
Release date: June 2011
Running Time: 37 minutes, 10 tracks
“Down in the Streets” is The Fatty Farmer’s debut album. Last year this Spanish band released a 3 track demo that turned out to be a revolution in the Celtic punk scene. A lot of fans enjoyed the raw energy of this young band, but others pointed out that Rodri ‘s vocals sounded exactly as I he was a Dave King impersonator.
In the meanwhile, the band has recorded this 10 track album which is the evidence that they are more than a Flogging Molly wanabee band. With the addition of Goyo the band has now eight members: Rodrigo Farmer (mandolin, banjo & lead vocals), Sweet Javato (whistles & bagpipes), Javito "Litle Boy" (fiddle), Lalo (acoustic guitar & backing vocals), Diego F. (electric guitar, banjo & backing vocals), Lamber (bass guitar & backing vocals), Juankar (Drums) and the aforementioned Goyo (accordion).
The Flogging Molly influence is still there. However, if you listen carefully to the songs, other influences can be heard. For instance, Dropkick Murphys in the opener “Down in the Streets” (those gang vocals), Blood or Whiskey in “Drunken Night in Temple Bar” (the banjo) or even a shade of Bruce Sprinsgteen in the rock’n’roll number “Brisking Your Nights”.
All of the tracks that were included in the demo have been re-recorded for the album. High voltage songs that have been polished to get exactly the quality that the band was looking for.
I love “Welcome to Baja California”, specially the end. It recalls me Shane MacGowan’s “The Snake with Eyes of Garnett”. When you think that the song is over, a new part begins. The album version, apart from the fiddle and the banjo, features the accordion.
“Tomorrow” was obviously the best track of the demo and therefore after having been recorded in a good studio and mastered in Ireland, the song is a great hit. Excellent guitar work.
“Islands” features now the accordion and it can be easily heard at the beginning of the song, just after the fiddle and the whistle. Epic vocals.
In the same vein, the single “The Man of Glendalough” and a “Drunken Night in Temple Bar” are top-notch tracks that any Celtic punk fan will love. Besides, the lyrics are really Irish, aren’t they?
Anyway, my faves are “Homeless”, “The School Shooter” and “Wild Ways to Galway”
“Homeless” is a sort of an epic song which can be linked either to Paddy and the Rats or to The Cherry Cokes. I like the percussion at the beginning and the rythm section work all along the song. And the end, with those shouts and whistlings, is fantastic.
“The School Shooter” is a song about the Virginia Tech Massacre that took place in April 2007. It’s the kind of lyrics that I wouldn’t expect from a Spanish band (School shooting in Europe has occurred in Germany or Finland, but never in Spain)
“Wild Ways to Galway” is another Irish lyric, about emigration. The accordion and the banjo recall me a band playing in a Midsummer Fair (in fact, at the beginning of the track, the fireworks can be heard). Not a raucous number, but a good balance for the album.
Yes, the long awaited debut by The Fatty Farmers is better than expected. Grab your copy asap! Rodri sings like Dave King? So what! Both Greenland Whalefishers’ singer Arvid Grov and The Dolomites’ singer were said to sound as Shane MacGowan, but nowadays their albums are Celtic Punk classics and nobody says that they are/were wanabee bands. And, if you are a Flogging Molly diehard fan and you are not happy with “Float” and “Speed of Darkness”, maybe you should give The Fatty Farmers a listen.
Tracklist:
1 - Down In The Streets 3:51
2 - Man Of Glendalough 3:52
3 - A Drunken Night In Temple Bar 3:13
4 - Homeless 2:50
5 - Welcome To Baja California 4:57
6 - The School Shooter 3:58
7 - Wild Ways To Galway 3:50
8 - Tomorrow 3:56
9 - Brisking Your Nights 3:27
10 – Island 4:04
http://www.thefattyfarmers.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fatty-Farmers/214873988529942
http://www.myspace.com/thefattyfarmers
To buy the CD, contact the band:
thefattyfarmers @hotmail.com
Review by Kinksmarkham
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