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Greenland Whalefishers
Loboville
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, International Music, Rock

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Loboville
2. Johnny Lee Roth
3. Happy New Year
4. Janes Tradegy
5. July Morning
6. Jim Jam
7. Magic Town
8. The Thirsty Cave
9. The Multineer
10. Elisabeth
11. Hole in Our Hearts

CD Details

All Artists: Greenland Whalefishers
Title: Loboville
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rough Diamond
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 5/28/2007
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, International Music, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Celtic
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 3481573649792, 642738994796

Synopsis

Album Description

The Greenland Whalefishers (Norway) have played their quality traditional folk/punk mix for over 10 years and long before bands like Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly made it trendy to sound Irish. Everything about this band sounds like sheer magic. The vocals of Arvid do remind you of the great Shane Mac Gowan, sometimes backed up by the angelic voice of Agnes. The traditional instruments, the clean transparent sound, the strong choruses, the storytelling lyrics and the upbeat catchy tunes are making you wonder why this band didn't get the recognition from a bigger audience. They already performed at the prestigious "Holidays in the Sun festival" and they did tour several times through Japan. Now it's time for the rest of the world to hear their magical drinking tunes!

CD Reviews

Out-pogue the pogues

Robert A. Williams | west mifflin, pa usa | 03/22/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"the rating would be much higher if i was able to. apparently the norwegians know how to out-pogue the pogues because the greenland whalefishers do it in spades. gwf have been around since 1993 or 1994 if i remember right, a ways before flogging molly & dropkick murphys began popularizing the irish/punk sound in music. and in all honesty gwf are so much better. in their heyday the pogues were one of the best bands around, but these guys (& it hurts me to say this because i've been a pogues fan for 16 or 17 years now) would completely blow them away. this is a re-release & i own the original patchwork release. if you buy one album this year make it this one. from the first track you know these guys mean business. throughout are the raging guitars, arvid's shane-esque vocals (lyrics are in english & are very well written), agnes's angelic voice (esp. on the opening of johnny lee roth), the fiddle, the mandolin, & the ever-present tin whistle. i can't say enough good things about this disc. the bagpipes even make an appearance on the last track. just listen to it. personal favorites are the title track, "july morning", & "elisabeth." essential for any pogues fan or pub punk fan in general. buy this."