Float (CD - 2008)

Flogging Molly: Dennis Casey (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric 6-string guitar); Dave King (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric 6-string guitar, bodhran); Bridget Regan (vocals, classical guitar, violin, tin whistle, Uilleann pipe); Matthew Hensley (vocals, accordion, concertina, piano); Nathan Maxwell (vocals, bass guitar); George Schwindt (drums, percussion).

Personnel: Dave King (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bodhran); Robert Schmidt (vocals, banjo, tenor banjo, mandola, mandolin); Robert Schmid (vocals, tenor banjo, mandola, mandolin); Nathen Maxwell (vocals, bass guitar); Paddy Dunning, Frank Murray (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Ryan Hewitt.

Recording information: Grouse Lodge, West Meath, Ireland.

Photographers: Lindsay Hutchens; Aaron Glas.

The marriage of punk rock and traditional Celtic music did not end with the Pogues. By the time of 2008's FLOAT, their fourth studio album, Flogging Molly were proving to be as adept as the standard bearers themselves. This record crackles with Guinness-hoisting melodies for the working class and tempos that practically careen out of the grooves--it makes sense for a band founded by Dave King, a veteran of the `80s metal circuit. Anger, nostalgia, and drunkenness are given such a passionate new life on FLOAT, one would think that William of Orange himself was taunting the band in the studio. minimize