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The Young Dubliners say they really hate it when listeners liken the band's sound to "the Pogues meet Van Halen." With apologies to the band, the description really fits when you consider its latest release, "Saints and Sinners."
The album's 12 songs once again prove that the band isn't rock, punk, folk or Celtic but instead a very tasty mix of those genres plus a few more. The mostly uptempo songs, punctuated with a few plaintive, wailing Irish ballads, offer more variety than the old Howard Johnson's ice cream counter.
Perhaps it's not surprising that several tracks, including "Backseatdriver," have generous dollops of Celtic mixed into the Young Dubliners' core sound. Other songs such as "(I Don't Think I'll) Love Anymore" sound so Irish they could have come right out of Clannad's catalogue.
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