The Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock N Roll (CD)

Release Date: 11/03/23

Irish Rock 'n' Roll is an album that manages to perfectly capture the chaos, humour and excitement of the band's recent live shows.

Irish Rock 'n' Roll follows last year's hugely acclaimed self-titled debut ('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 form contemporary pop' Mojo). If every album an artist makes offers a snapshot of where they stand at that point, then the picture presented by Irish Rock 'n' Roll is one of a band preparing to go stratospheric. It's an album that manages to perfectly capture the chaos, humour and excitement of the band's recent live shows whilst also showcasing the incredible emotion of the traditional ballads that they play (both in songs passed down from previous generations and - for the first time on this record - their own songs that promise to be passed down to future generations).