NEWS: FLOGGING MOLLY RELEASE “REPTILES (WE WOKE UP)”
Seminal Celtic rock band FLOGGING MOLLY have released “Reptiles (We Woke Up),” the first song from their highly anticipated new album, LIFE IS GOOD, out June 2nd on Vanguard/Concord. Click HERE to listen and HERE to watch the lyric video.
Produced by Grammy Award-winning Joe Chiccarelli (U2, White Stripes, Beck) and recorded in Ireland, LIFE IS GOOD is a strikingly powerful album filled with rousing songs that are timeless in their sentiment, but directly related to today’s most pressing concerns: politics, the economy, unemployment, planned boomtowns gone bust and immigration policies gone awry. “We woke up,” sings vocalist/lyricist Dave King in “Reptiles (We Woke Up),” “And we won’t fall back asleep.”
“It’s all quite scary these days,” says King, “A lot of people didn’t make their voices heard because they didn’t think such decisions would have been made in the first place. And now that these decisions have been made, they're like, ‘what the--we were asleep while this was going on, by the looks of it.’ It’s an encouraging thing to see people rise up and take to the streets to demonstrate and march. It’s a positive thing.”
“Reptiles (We Woke Up)” and another new track, “The Hand of John L. Sullivan,” are both available as instant downloads when pre-ordering LIFE IS GOOD on iTunesor Amazon. The full track listing is:
- LIFE IS GOOD
- There’s Nothing Left Pt. 1
- The Hand of John L. Sullivan
- Welcome to Adamstown
- Reptiles (We Woke Up)
- The Days We’ve Yet to Meet
- Life is Good
- The Last Serenade (Sailors and Fishermen)
- The Guns of Jericho
- Crushed (Hostile Nations)
- Hope
- The Bride Wore Black
- Until We Meet Again
Fans can experience “Reptiles” live—along with a few other special concert previews of the album—on Flogging Molly’s North American headlining tour, which kicks off on May 4th in Oakland, CA (see itinerary below). Ticket orders in select markets will include a digital download of the new album (upon release). For additional ticket information visit www.floggingmolly.com.
Founded in Los Angeles, Flogging Molly has long been hailed for their compelling lyrics of exile, rebellion, history and struggle told through exuberant anthems with a fierce blend of raucous punk/rock and traditional Irish music. LIFE IS GOOD is the band’s first studio album in six years, following 2011’s highly acclaimed Speed of Darkness, which reached #9 on Billboard’s Top 200.
Flogging Molly is: Dave King (Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bodhran), Bridget Regan (Violin, Tin Whistle), Dennis Casey (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar), Bob Schmidt (Banjo, Mandolin), Matt Hensley (Accordion, Piano, Concertina), Nathen Maxwell (Bass Guitar), Mike Alonso (Drums, Percussion).
2017 ‘LIFE IS GOOD’ NORTH AMERICAN TOUR - The White Buffalo to support:
May 4th Oakland, CA Fox Theater
May 5th Portland, OR Roseland Theater
May 6th Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
May 7th Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
May 9th Spokane, WA The Knitting Factory
May 10th Boise, ID The Knitting Factory
May 12th Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
May 13th Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
May 14th Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
May 16th St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre
May 18th Northfield, OH Hard Rock Live
May 19th Morgantown, VA Morgantown Amphitheater
May 20th Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
May 21st New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
May 23rd New York, NY Irving Plaza
May 24th New York, NY Irving Plaza
May 26th Boston, MA House of Blues
May 27th Portland, ME State Theater
May 28th Montreal, Quebec Metropolis
May 30 Toronto, CN Rebel Complex
June 1st Grand Rapids, MI 20 Monroe Live
June 2nd Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
June 3rd Detroit, MI The Fillmore
June 2-4th Cincinnati, OH Bunbury Music Festival
June 16th Stockholm, Sweden Grona Lund
June 17th Copenhagen, Denmark Komos Festival
June 23rd Scheessel, Germany Hurricane Festival
June 24th Neuhausen Obeck, Germany Southside Festival
June 25th Strasbourg, France Artefact Festival
July 1st Wurzburg, Germany Mission Ready Festival
July 2nd Athens, Greece Rockwave Festival
July 11th Sesto San Giovanni, Italy Carroponte Spazio Mil
July 14th Dresden, Germany Dresden Open Air w/The Broilers
July 15th Berlin, Germany Dresden Open Air w/The Broilers
August 26th Indre Osterbro, Denmark Parken
August 28th Monchengladbach, Germany Sparkassepark
August 30th Thun, Switzerland Stockhorn Arena
September 1st Graz, Austria Messe Graz
September 5th Eindhoven, The Netherlands Strijp-S
