Well, pickle his liver and flog himwith a dried codfish… Monk waits ages for a decent pirate-themed rock album to come along and then, all of a sudden, like those buses that go to that mysterious destination known as “Not In Service”, along come two within the space of as many sleepless nights.
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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead precede the forthcoming release of their recently completed tenth studio album with a series of dates to celebrate 20 years of the album ‘Madonna’.
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Despite this being their fourth album, Monk has to admit that he had never heard of Lille street punks Ashtones until this CD landed on the doormat at ÜRHQ over the recent holiday break (despite having being released a whack of weeks previously), complete with a nice handwritten note, penned on a piece of graph paper, from vocalist Gé, asking if we’d mind reviewing it. Hey, he even threw in an early Christmas present, in the form of a split album featuring two other bands from their label’s roster… And, like most people, we’re partial to the odd freebie now again – as well as open to a spot of bribery.
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Three years in the making, this third album from Ipswich-based East Town Pirates actually landed on Monk’s desk a few weeks before Christmas. After just a couple of spins, it impressed him so much that it muscled its way into his ‘Albums Of The Year’ list, elbowing quite a few other worthy contenders out of the way in the process.
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