Hail Mary
Shane Smith
Emneord
Anmeldelser (4)
The Irish times
d. 4. nov. 2022
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Eamon Sweeney
d. 4. nov. 2022
"This loveable bunch of rogues are bringing good, old-fashioned pure divilment back into traditional Irish music, continuing and perpetuating all the finest blackguarding traditions of The Dubliners. Brothers Charles and Andrew Hendy and their pal, Sean McKenna, have clearly been listening to The Pogues and Lankum and taking notes ... This self-titled debut is raucous, fun and captivating, while featuring fantastic musicianship. The Wallopers are a finely tuned outfit, benefiting from playing online gigs from their homemade lockdown bar and mobile craic unit that drove around taking their music to the people during desolate times for live music ... Tracks like their version of The Butcher Boy by The Clancy Brothers slow things down to a gentle ballad pace, but overall, this is an album of uptempo feelgood trad bangers to warm the cockles of your heart this winter".
Tradfolk
d. 10. nov. 2022
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Alex Hurr
d. 10. nov. 2022
"This collection of songs leaves you singing and whistling to yourself, but beyond this, The Mary Wallopers have brought a kind of excitement back to ballad singing that I haven't heard for some time. They have reminded us that boundaries can always be pushed, different paths can be taken and that in this way, the new can meet with the old".
Totally Dublin
2022
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Sophia McDonald
2022
"Listening to The Mary Wallopers releases a primal Irish feeling unlike anything else ... Images from the Easter Rising, tales of emigration and longing for the local beauty; their skill of moulding old stories into a new landscape keeps these songs alive ... Masterful fiddle, banjo and guitar are as cosy as a trad session by the fire. The smell of old leather, worn wooden fretboards and a cheeky rollie come to mind. The Hendy brothers' Dundalk accents inject emotion and fun into drunken ballads and galvanising songs like The Frost is All Over that will have you up doing your haon dó trís in no time ... A true love for the songs that they're keeping alive seeps through every string plucked".
Mojo
2023 March
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Andrew Perry
2023 March
"Much like The Pogues in the mid-'80s, these youngsters are all about presenting vibrancy, saltiness and "edge" via roots music from a bygone age, at a moment when such qualities are all but absent from contemporary pop. With their abusive band name and horror-show haircuts, The Mary Wallopers are doubtless happy to offend, but their music is anything but childishly transgressive or facile, with skilfully swinging arrangements occasionally further embellished with cello, fiddle and brass".