Dropkick Murphys seventh studio album Going Out In Style . From the meanest of times to the best of times DKM want to lift your spirits during these tough times with the party to end all parties blasting from your speakers. The Murphys know how to turn a wake in to a party. Now in their 15th year with a Scorsese soundtrack hit, a US top 20 album, a lifetime membership to every Boston sports team and a sound owing as much to Springsteen and The Pogues as to the Clash DKM have come a long way from the days of Boston's Rathskeller. Dropkick Murphys are not your typical punk band, they're Boston's biggest rock band, a band that plays Irish music with punk roots. A band with enormous families and armies of friends. They roll deep. DKM's music is so fierce and furious, their stage presence so explosive, and their commitment to their fans so ironclad, one can't help but be moved. They are the AC/DC of Celtic punk rock. They're also songwriters and good ones too, preserving their party-boy reputation while turning out giant, soulful choruses on songs both manicured and memorable. Rolling Stone These Boston punk-folksters owe a large musical debt to Irish punk-folksters the Pogues (probably payable in Guinness). Gloriously raucous & hook-heavy. Entertainment Weekly. On Going Out In Style, Dropkick Murphys throw a 45 minute, 49 second party to end all parties, all the while reveling in the Irish tradition of telling tales of triumph, tragedy and celebration through music. The band revives the art of the album as a cohesive whole on this raucous and rollicking romp overflowing with punk rock energy, folk soul, and rebellious spirit. Dropkick Murphys deliver one anthem after another. Hang Em High ignites the album with a gang chant into a unforgettable bagpipe laden riff, driving guitars and big drums. Nodding to AC/DC while infusing flourishes of Celtic soul, Hang Em High is the ultimate battle cry. Then there s Take Em Down, which continues to display the band s social consciousness and their unwavering support for organized labor. On songs such as Broken Hymns and Cruel the band explores new territory, incorporating a myriad of sounds and textures with arena-ready drum beats, diverse instrumentation and epic refrains.
1. Hang 'Em High
2. Going Out In Style
3. The Hardest Mile
4. Cruel
5. Memorial Day
6. Climbing A Chair To Bed
7. 1953
8. Deeds Not Words
9. Take 'Em Down
10. Broken Hymns
11. Sunday Hardcore Matinee
12. Peg O' My Heart
13. The Irish Rover
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