''Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones'' is the sixth full-length album by American
punk rock band
Swingin' Utters.
Background
Alongside the band's usual punk style of music, there is a strong presence of
Pogues-influenced
Irish folk on this album, perhaps even more heavily than on the band's
previous album. The Swingin' Utters recorded ''
Live in a Dive'' shortly after this album was released.
Reception
The ''
Free Lance-Star'' gave the album a positive review, while
Allmusic gave it a four and a half stars out of five rating, with reviewer Jo-Ann Greene calling it "a stomping mix of rabid punk and pub-crunching singalongs" and "the best yet from the band".
[Akkerman, Olivia (2003)]
Diverse Music, lyrics mark Swingin' Utters
, '' Free Lance-Star'', April 24, 2003, p. 3, retrieved September 30, 2012[Greene, Jo-Ann " ''Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones'' Review, Allmusic, retrieved September 30, 2012]
Track listing
All tracks written by Darius Koski except as noted.
# "No Pariah" – 1:30
# "Glad" – 2:09
# "Hopeless Vows" – 1:48
# "Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones" (Johnny Bonnel, Koski) – 2:05
# "All That I Can Give" – 2:24
# "Sign in a Window" – 1:54
# "Dont Ask Why" – 2:12
# "Lampshade" – 2:56
# "Letters to Yourself" – 2:35
# "Heaven at Seventeen" – 1:43
# "Leaves of Fate" (Bonnel, Koski) – 1:57
# "If You Want Me To" (Koski, Spike Slawson) – 2:46
# "Elation" (
Goddard, Koski) – 1:40
# "Poor Me" (Aust Koski, Koski) – 1:44
# "My Closed Mind" – 1:23
# "Looking for Something to Follow" – 2:57
# "Shadows and Lies" – 1:57
Personnel
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Johnny Bonnel
Johnny "Peebucks" Bonnel (born August 7, 1967) is the lead singer and a songwriter of the punk rock band Swingin' Utters and the alternative punk rock band Filthy Thievin' Bastards. His new project is called Druglords of the Avenues.
His nick ...
(
vocals)
*
Darius Koski
Darius Olavi Koski (born January 3, 1971) is the US-American lead guitarist and songwriter of the punk rock band Swingin' Utters, the alternative punk rock bands Filthy Thievin' Bastards and the Re-volts
The Re-Volts are an American punk band ...
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guitar, vocals,
accordion
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,
piano,
organ
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** Hammond ...
,
violin,
viola)
*
Greg McEntee (
drum
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s)
*
Spike Slawson
Spike Slawson is an American punk rock musician, a member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin' Utters, Filthy Thievin' Bastards, Re-Volts, and Uke-Hunt.
Early life
Having grown up in Pittsburgh, Slawson worked in the mail order depart ...
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bass
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, vocals)
;Additional musicians
* Tom Brayton (
percussion)
* mike busbee
ic(
vibraphone, bass on track #17, percussion)
References
External links
Swingin' Utters official discography
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Swingin' Utters albums
Fat Wreck Chords albums
2003 albums
Folk punk albums