DROPKICK MURPHYS - Okemah Rising BELLE AND SEBASTIAN and a dark humour was

and a dark humour was added to his baritone

Opening track North of No South hits hard before finding the space for the Johnston brothers to unleash some soaring Queen-style vocal harmonies

Silver Moth have found something truly special on Black Bay

when the national beat shifted to reggay (now spelled reggae)

the band hits the ground running on Pearson’s up-tempo “My Girl Shirl” before downshifting into Byrd’s blues “Soulful Kiddy

DROPKICK MURPHYS - Okemah Rising BELLE AND SEBASTIAN and a dark humour wasLP Standard Black Vinyl. Okemah Rising is the final installment of the Woody Guthrie Dropkick Murphys collaboration, so we wanted to bring it home with a bang. Whereas the goal of This Machine Still Kills Fascists was to raise consciousness, Okemah Rising intends to raise the roof. Sure, it has one or two tender moments, but all in all its much more of a party than TMSKF. Even a party record can have a message though weve felt that on the road over