The Eskies - And Don't Spare The Horses

Having been cast out, blacklisted, rejected and ejected from gentlemen's clubs far and wide, five dejected cast asides AKA The Eskies joined forces in what was to be their own celebration of commonality. Purveyors of music that meanders from sea soaked waltz to Italian tarantella, from Brassy funeral march-esque lament to weep along Klezmar knees up, from chain gang holler to rag time finger snap. Skipping through the dark side of anything that makes you want to dance, steeped in melodrama and usually with not a small amount of tongue in cheek.And Don't Spare The Horses' is a dynamic journey through the ever-expanding world of The Eskies. Melodramatic tales of woe, betrayal, conflict, upheaval, rebellion, love, loss, fear and anger all wrapped in tongue-in-cheek irreverence and self-deprecation, occasionally giving way to a flurry of triumphalism or whisper of introspection. This is the band's second album after their critically acclaimed 2015 release 'After The Sherry Went Round' and leaps from genres as vast and varied as Folk, Klezmar and Yiddish to Rock, Swing and Blues and much in between.Whereas 2015's 'After The Sherry Went Round' garnered praise for having enough inherent energy to charge a power plant (The Irish Times); 'And Don't Spare The Horses' also showcases new dimensions to the bands sound while still further demonstrating their penchant for all things dance-worthy.