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The Dreadnoughts formed back in 2006 during one
too many pints of cheap beer at East Vancouver’s
notoriously violent Ivanhoe hotel and soon after
they found themselves opening up for The Real McKenzies
which put them on the punk rock map and also earned
them a lot of respect from The Real McKenzies and
now over the past four years they have been constantly
touring Canada, America and mainland Europe.
‘Polka’s Not Dead’ is the new
album from The Dreadnoughts and it is a fast paced
gypsy punk album in the vein of Gogol Bordello
and it is an random affair from start to finish
and that is why there is so much fuss surrounding
these guys at the moment because you never know
what you are going to get from them, they only
thing you do know is that they put 100% into everything
they do and that they are play music to make people
smile.
The album opens with ‘Cider Road’
and the song sets the pace for the album in its
fast and ferocious ways, the vocals are melodic
especially during the chorus which uses massive
sounding group vocals sounding over the top of
massive drum beats and not to forget the random
screams right at the end of the song.
The album title track ‘Polka Never Dies’
has a real old skool 60’s feel about it
and is so fast sounding that it reminds me of
the music played in one of those really old black
and white comedy films where everything is sped
up whilst someone is running around falling over
and doing all the usual stuff which was funny
back in the day, the vocals are melodic and overall
the song has a massive let’s get pissed
feel about it.
‘Gentlemen’s Club’ is a song
about gentlemen’s clubs in London, the song
is quite toned down compared to the majority of
the album and the near drunken slurry group vocals
of “la, la, la, la, la” helps make
the song a big sing-a-long affair.
‘Randy Dandy-oh’ is a very interesting
song which see’s The Dreadnoughts pretty
much leave the instruments at home whilst they
all show off their vocal skills with this happy
folk group sing-a-long song.
Only The Dreadnoughts could create a song with
just vocals and no instrumental work and then
follow it up with a full on instrumental song
with no vocals and that is exactly what they have
done with ‘Goblin Humppa’ which is
a full on fast paced instrumental track which
oozes in style.
It is fair to say that The Dreadnoughts are Cider
drinking gypsy punks who are out to have a laugh
and create a massive party atmosphere in the process
and one of my favourite songs on the album is
‘West Country Man’ as it is a massive
tribute to everything the west country has to
offer from cider all the way to the Wurzels and
being a west country man myself you have to give
The Dreadnoughts respect.
If you are a fan of bands like The Real McKenzies,
Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Gogol Bordello
then you really need to check out ‘Polka’s
Not Dead’ by The Dreadnoughts as it has
a mix of all these bands rolled into one and it
seriously packs some mighty big punches.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Nicholas Smyth
Kyle Taylor
Drew Sexsmith
Andrew Hay
Marco Bieri |
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1. Cider Road
2. Polka Never Dies
3. Gintlemen’s Club
4. Randy Dandy-Oh
5. Goblin Humppa
6. Poutine
7. Turbo Island
8. Black Sea Gale
9. Clavdia’s Waltz
10. Paulina
11. West Country Man
12. Sleep Is For The Weak
13. Za Smierc Przyjaciela |
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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