 
Everyone’s favourite drinking band the Dropkick
Murphys are back with their eighth studio album
and after hearing the singles ‘Rose Tattoo’
and ‘The Boys Are Back’ I just knew
that ‘Signed And Sealed In Blood’
was going to be one of the strongest sounding
albums the Boston punks have released in years
and my god was I right.
The album opens up with ‘The Boys Are Back’
a song which has a massive chant-a-long feeling
with its repetitive lyrics of ‘The boys
are back, the boys are back and looking for trouble’,
the song easily has the potential to become a
future drinking song for the bands legion of fans
and equally anyone who likes meeting up with their
group of friends and heading out on the town on
the lash.
‘Prisoner’s Song’ see’s
the Dropkick Murphys go back to their folk roots
and smash their way through 2minutes and 48seconds
of pure catchy sing-a-long music that you will
find yourself coming back to listen to again and
again.
‘Rose Tattoo’ is the lead single from
the album and it is easy to see why with its big
Celtic-punk sound running through, the song is
one of the longest running tracks on the album
clocking in at just over 5minutes and within minutes
you will be getting your Irish jig on as quickly
pick up on the well written lyrics and chant-a-long
with the band.
The majority of the album features big songs that
are bound to be future crowd pleasers such as
‘Burn’ the song runs at such a pace
you can’t help but go mental to it, ‘The
Battle Rages On’ is another song that you
get hooked on within seconds of hearing that trademark
Celtic sound.
Not everything on the album is full on in your
face Celtic punk, take ‘Out Of Our heads’
for example it reminds me very much of the gaslight
Anthem in places and with ‘Out On The Town’
following it up moments later and ‘End Of
The Night’ closing the album one track later,
the Dropkick Murphys manage to add three more
drinking songs to the table whilst toning things
down slightly.
The Dropkick Murphys are back bigger and stronger
than ever and set to release the first solid album
release of 2013 when ‘Signed And Sealed
In Blood’ drops on the 8th January and with
a UK set for a week or two after the album release
it looks like 2013 is going to be an very exciting
year for the Dropkick Murphys and their fans.
5/5
Review By Trigger
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