Punch And The Apostles

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4...according to our Ant on Wed 29 Oct, 2008.

'I'm a Hobo' no not me.. That's the title of this here Punch Drunk And The Apostles 7" on Lucky Number Nine. Both Phil and I are bamboozled by this record. We're literally spitting genre's at each other.. Ragtime, big band, gypsy punk/ folk... To quote the press release "punk, funk, Eastern European folk, polka, rock, blues, jazz, and waltz in an impossibly seamless and irreverent fashion" which really sums it up. Think of The Muppets doing a Gogol Bordello song??? The flipside celebrates the feast of the skint, the humble "Can Of Beans" such a versatile food stuff. Simply add butter, curry powder, chili... the world is really your oyster with beans. You can even turn them into a song with squawking horns and swearing in it with big crash cymbals going off and everything. Although this record is not really my bag I must give them credit for their originality, sounding like no other band I can think of.

Punch & The Apostles – the Glasgow-based seven-piece headed by Paul Napier – are set to release their second single on the 27th of October, following the early success of their zealous debut single, ‘Asylum’.
If ever a band typified the pointless inconsequence of blunt categorisation within this beast that we call music, it would certainly be Punch and The Apostles. In a manner which truly defies and reserves a distinct contempt for convention, the band marry the disparate elements of punk, funk, Eastern European folk, polka, rock, blues, jazz, and waltz in an impossibly seamless and irreverent fashion. Their unique distillation of these elements has already garnered much in the way of plaudits and accolade, receiving notable air time from the likes of Huw Stephens (Radio 1), Vic Galloway (Radio Scotland) and Jim Gellatly (XFM Scotland).
Their second single, ‘I’m A Hobo/Can OF Beans’ (produced by Mark Freegard, who has previously worked with The Breeders and the Manic Street Preachers) typifies the fervour of their clattering, effervescent sound: ‘I’m A Hobo’ and ‘Can of Beans’ leap from the speakers like a Prohibition-era speakeasy, filled with clamouring brass, raucous vocals, burnished guitar and pounding drums. The songs only provide a brief moment of respite, which is just enough time to realise Punch and The Apostles have the nous to be truly brilliant …

Punch & the Apostles are:
Paul Napier (vocals; guitar; keyboard)
Rory Hayejahans (vocals; bass guitar)
Doug MacGregor (drums; acoustic guitar)
Juliana Napier (vocals; saxophone)
Craig Nelson (saxophone)
Chas T Fraser (vocals; trumpet)
Ross Fleming (accordion; keyboard; drums)

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