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More traditionally Celtic-influenced than faux-Irish American bands like the Dropkick Murphys or Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Chicago's Tossers have more in common with American folk acts like Cordelia's Dad or Boiled in Lead, or even the almighty Pogues or Oysterband. The Tossers are a rocked-out Celtic folk band, not a rock band with a few folky trappings, and that subtle distinction makes all the difference: The Tossers can rock out armed with only a bodhran and a couple of mandolins, as the opening "With the North Wind" proves. On songs like the whiplash-speed "Come Dancing," the Tossers sound like '70s Celtic rock supergroup Silly Wizard with a rocket under their collective bum, while more reflective songs like the partially a cappella title track show a level of emotion and wit not easily achieved. After a couple of uneven, tentative albums, Purgatory shows that the Tossers have reached the head of the American Celtic rock class. ~ Stewart Mason
Recorded in Chicago, Illinois.
The Tossers include: Becka Manthe (fiddle). Tossers Purgatory Songs | 1. | With The North Wind / Here We Go Again |
| 2. | Ballad Of The Thoughtful Rover, The |
| 3. | Nantucket Girls Song |
| 4. | Come Dancing |
| 5. | Caoin - (Lament) |
| 6. | Squall, The |
| 7. | Chicago |
| 8. | Monday Morning |
| 9. | First League Out From Land |
| 10. | Minutes On A Screen |
| 11. | Purgatory |
| 12. | Time to Go |
| 13. | Memory |
| 14. | Faraway |
| 15. | Ni Thabharfaidh Siad Pingin Duit |
| 16. | Going Away |
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Additional Tracks
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