SIR REG / 21ST CENTURY LOSER (レコード) / レコード

北欧の哀愁の国、スウェーデンが産んだ現行アイリッシュ/ケルティック・パンクのトップランナー SIR REGの3rdアルバム。2013年作。彼らの最大の特徴でありその郷愁度を際立たせているフィドルは今作でも大活躍しております。1stや 2ndにあったいささか単純なきらのあった疾走感(あくまでも個人の感想ですが)は今作では抑え目になり、リズムだけを聴いていても格段にバラエティに富 み、深みが増しています。もちろんT-2の『RAISE YOUR HAND』やT-3『'Til the dead come alive』、タイトル 曲であるT-7に聴けるような期待通りかつ王道的なストンプ必至のパンクチューンもありますが、T-4 「AT THE END OF THE WORLD」、わけてもT-9「CITY OF TRAGEDY」で聴かせるミッドテンポの壮大なバラッドは最高 の聴きどころの一つ。ここでのフィドルがまた泣かせるんですよね。全12曲収録

• Third full length studio album "21st Century Loser" from SIR REG on both CD & LP, as well as digitally.

• Dubliner Brendan Sheehy and his companions certainly know how to challenge the listener's ear.

• The latest album “Sign of the Times” album which was voted the year's (2011) best album in its genre. The "best of" lists from the four biggest websites of the Celtic Punk scene - Paddy Rock (USA), RockKultur Magazine (Germany), Shite 'n' Onions (USA) and CelticFolkPunk (Spain) were compared and SIR REG were consistantly highly placed on each list resulting in them coming out top over bands such as Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly.

• 12 tracks of top Celtic Punk Rock Folk style

• "SIR REG carefully caress the Irish folk tradition and then forge it into a musical bullet that hits the listener right between the eyes” (as Steve Caseman, rock-n-reel.co.uk says describing their music).

• Fanreal.com mentions SIR REG , Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Barry McGuire side by side and they're often mentioned in the same breath as Celtic punk heroes Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys.

• Mastered by Fascination Street Studios (Millencolin, Soilwork, Paradise Lost, etc.)


[TRACKLIST]
Side A:
1. Emigrate
2. Raise your Hand
3. 'Til the Dead Come Alive
4. At the End of the World
5. Walking into Doors
6. Banquet for Dreamers
Side B:
1. 21st Century Loser
2. Live for Today
3. City of Tragedy
4. All that Remains
5. We'll Rise Again
6. 21st Century Loser pt. 2