Auld Corn Brigade "Our Flag" 10" Bad Dog Records / Coretex BD57
Release date: May 25th, 2012
Running time: 15:27, 4 tracks
Auld Corn Brigade’s debut album reached no. 22 on the best of 2010 list that was voted by the followers of this site. If The Porters’ debut album was focused on covers of drinking songs and Irish standards, Auld Corn Brigade “A Fighter’s Lullabies” was based on covers of Irish rebel songs (mainly Wolfe Tones songs).
Release date: May 25th, 2012
Running time: 15:27, 4 tracks
Auld Corn Brigade’s debut album reached no. 22 on the best of 2010 list that was voted by the followers of this site. If The Porters’ debut album was focused on covers of drinking songs and Irish standards, Auld Corn Brigade “A Fighter’s Lullabies” was based on covers of Irish rebel songs (mainly Wolfe Tones songs).
Two years later the German lads have released a 4 track 10” vinyl. And there is a big news: the band has recorded their first self-penned songs. Vocalist and guitarist Nico has written a couple of songs . The first one, “Our Flag” opens the record and is an awesome song which merges influences from bands like Dropkick Murphys and The Porters. The two vocalists , Nico and Nicole, sing on this great song about workers’ pride and solidarity.
The second original number is the song that closes the record, “A Mother’s Heart”, a slow number about wars and how stupid they are. Nicole sings on this track and the structure of the song is perfect: acoustic guitar at the beginning, Nicole starts to sing, then the fiddle joins, the next one to join is the tin whistle and finally the drums and the electric instruments are added.
Regarding the two covers (Christy Moore and Wolfe Tones) my fave is "Helicopter Song". Auld Corn Brigade have previously covered other Wolfe Tones hits ("The Broad Black Brimmer", "Boys of the Old Brigade", "Rifles of the IRA"…) but I feel that "Helicopter Song" is their best Wolfe Tones cover. After listening to this track I wish that their could cover “Rock on Rockall” soon.
How long do we need to wait till their second album featuring a majority of original songs is released? Come on, buy this 10” and then they will be able to issue their second album as soon as possible.
Tracklist:
A1 - Our Flag
A2 - Viva La Quinta Brigada
B1 - Helicopter Song
B2 - A Mother's Heart
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http://www.last.fm/music/Auld+Corn+Brigade
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Corn_Brigade
http://www.gogoyoko.com/artist/Auld_Corn_Brigade
Click to buy the 10" vinyl:
http://coretexrecords.com/Auld-Corn-Brigade-our-flag
Review by Kinksmarkham
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