Posted on May 19, 2009 by Mustard Finnegan

The Swaggerin Growlers could have done the safe thing on “Keep Your Head Held High” their sophomoric release and recorded another dozen or so tracks of riot folk – they didn’t. Sure the music is still aggressive folk punk but on their Celtic foundations they’ve added Bluegrass, Old Tyme, Ska, Swing, and Hardcore. Its nice to hear some originality and new ideas in a sometimes over crowd field and for the most part they hit the mark. I would though like to hear them work with a experienced producer to really tease out their ideas.