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(news – new single/video) The Feelgood McLouds are back with video and song ‘Back In Life’!

The Feelgood McLouds are back with what is already THE Irish folk-punk anthem of 2023! ‘BACK IN LIFE’ – the first single as a forerunner to the new album means life. Not just back in life but back in their lives. On stage, in the clubs, in the backstage rooms and in the much too cramped and packed tour buses. Sweating together with everyone, dancing and partying together with everyone. Turning night into day with the whole place. Because the world is sad enough at the moment – so escape with The Feelgood McLouds into their wild Celtic punk world for a short while. 

About The Feeldgood McLouds:
THE FEELGOOD MCLOUDS are THE up-and-coming act when ́s comes to mixing Irish Celtic traditional with raucous punk rock sing-a-longs. Sometimes with a clear edge, sometimes with a good dose of humor, sometimes against confused ideologies, sometimes against thirst – but in any case always against the exclusion of people, but in any case always against the exclusion of minorities. Since 2015, the six Saarlanders have been touring Germany and other European countries with the aim of placing messages in the often monotonous world of Irish punk rock: Anyone can write about ́s singing, dancing and drinking!
write! But to connect this at the same time with the serious, the not-good, the bad, the hatred, the war, the oppression, the racism, sexism, homo- and transphobia and the simply wrong of this world, without being too pointing finger dictating, is what distinguishes The Feelgood McLouds from most genre greats. This is also appreciated by fans worldwide. After two successful albums and an EP, with thousands of units sold and millions of streams, after more than 150 concerts at home and abroad, the band is now on the road again.
and abroad, the band is waiting in the wings with the new album – eager to get people dancing, singing and celebrating live again….and on the way home you still remember the lyric line: ‘we don ́t care who you love – as long as you love someone from the bottom of your heart!’.

(review) The Real McKenzies – Songs of the Highlands, Songs of the Sea(Fat Wreck Chords)

One thing must be true, Paul McKenzie never quits and continues his celtic punk legends The Real McKenzies with so many line-up changes, sudden and less sudden and here is the new album out with Fat Wreck Chords. I must admit that I have never been a great fan of celtic punk and all that folk punk influenced music but I must also admit that this band is funny as hell to see live and raise some hell and drink something to their songs and music. This time, they bring 12 songs that continue in the vein of their previous couple of albums, meaning melodic punk with celtic punk, topped with recognizable Paul’ s voice and some really nice harmonies in choruses and backing vocals, some really great songs and some boring and not really good songs. The ones that I found great are My Heart’s in the Highlands, The Green Hills of Tyrol and Swansea Town with guest performance by Brenna Reid. Nothing special but okay in all.

(recenzija) The Real McKenzies – Float Me Boat(Fat Wreck Chords)

Voljeli ga ili ne, Paul McKenzie pegla svoje već godinama, mijenjajući ponekad postavu benda usred turneje kao što je prije nekoliko godina pobacao usred turneje sve članove benda osim onog ogromnog lika na gajdama ili kak se već zovu i prikupio neku ad hoc postavu i nastavio odmah dalje svirati koncerte. Jedna stvar koja mu se mora priznati je volja i snaga u tim godinama. Ja sam ovaj bend gledao prije pet ili slično godina na PRH i nije bio loš gig, ali nisam ja baš jako fan ovog folk ili celtic punka kako zovu tu vrstu punk bendova u kiltovima. Ali, The Real McKenzies imaju neke odlične pjesme koje nisu jako nabijene celtic stilom, već više melodičnim punk rockom, a sve takve se nalaze na ovom albumu koji je greatest hits opus i sadrži 23 pjesme iz bogate karijere ovog benda baziranog u Vancouveru i ovdje se nalaze svi favoriti sa setlista koncerata, možda bi pokoju izbacio, a poneku dodao, ali uglavnom je izbor doba. Kao što rekoh, neke mi ne pašu, one koje su više orijentirane na folk štih i gajde, ali one koje su više orijentirane na melodični punk rock i gitare su baš odlične. Ovo je odličan album za playlistu fanova benda i odličan početnički album za one koji su se tek susreli s ovim bendom i postali ili postati će fanovi.