"The world needs more bands that sound like The Pogues. These guys certainly do, traditional Irish arrangements played hard and sloppy complete with tin whistle, fiddles, and rhythms ready made to stomp your boots and wave a glass of beer to. There is a little more punk to the sound and the idea here, as the recording is muddy and the fiddle is a bit out of tune, but the energy carries through as do the tough vocals and smart lyrics. The intelligence to the whole production is really what makes this band stand out from other acts that try this same thing. The themes are familiar punk subjects, with songs like “Dump the Bosses Off Your Back,” or the gritty street level city portrait of “Streets of Chinatown,” but the lyrics are well written and fun to sing along to. Take a song like “Bedtime for Plutocracy,” a song about Bill Gates which could have turned out pretty cheesy, but the lines are earnest enough and well written so as to come off honest and ring true. Take the chorus “ ‘I’m just a man and there’s been a mistake – no one deserves all the things I’ve been given, and no one could earn all the things I have taken.’ ” Blunt yet effective. Songs like this remind us that it’s not always as important to say something new, as it is to say something well. The packaging on the C.D. was interesting, with a 7” sized sleeve that opens up to a large full color picture of what appears to be unionizing workers backed by a dismal night cityscape. Also included is a large full lyric book that even included short paragraphs by the band about their opinions on music, usually showing off their anarchist leanings. “Whatever divine combination of melodies and chants that are being played seems almost irrelevant when we have regained the essence of music as a joyous cathartic retreat from oppression.” Maybe it’s a little heavy handed, but you can tell their hearts are in the right place when it comes to why they’re playing music. I’ve seen these guys live at a crowded house show, and lines like theirs are great to scream along to as the floor shakes when everyone’s dancing and stomping their boots to the Irish rhythms. Oh yeah, I thought, this is what music is supposed to be for."

-Urban Folk Magazine