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However, ROUGHNECK RIOT actually play quite decent folk-punk. Fast songs with rock influences and a penchant for melodies are complemented by banjo, mandolin, and accordion. The songs can definitely ignite live.
Lyrically, the band is very socially critical, sometimes politically engaged. They have committed lyrics that show someone has thought about the world. In the UK, where the band comes from, things are not much better than here. In fact, many things are even worse there. These are committed lyrics that the band has written. There is an absolute basic sympathy for this.
What I find lacking, however, is the final spark that ignites the fire. After listening to the album multiple times, I have realized that it may be due to the studio work. The album is almost completely without edges and corners. However, the songs do have these edges and corners. The songs are fast, have breaks at the right places, cool backing vocals, high-speed parts, and a good positioning of the folk instruments. What the recording lacks are precisely these edges and corners. It is a record without musical character. This is all the more fatal since the songs are certainly much better live, the band has surely put a lot of effort into the studio, and they want to reach people with the album. However, this record probably won't succeed in doing that.
I don't want to say that the album is bad, but it lacks what the albums of The Real McKenzies and Flogging Molly have.
So all that remains to be said is that the duty is fulfilled, but the optional needs to be practiced again. Next time, it would be better to record live and have someone who knows how it should sound.
