Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones is the sixth full-length album by American punk rock band Swingin' Utters.
Background Alongside the band's usual punk style of music, there is a strong presence of Pogues-influenced Irish folk on this album, perhaps even more heavily than on the band's previous album. The Swingin' Utters recorded Live in a Dive shortly after this album was released.
Reception
The Free Lance-Star gave the album a positive review, while Allmusic gave it a four and a half stars out of five rating, with reviewer Jo-Ann Greene calling it "a stomping mix of rabid punk and pub-crunching singalongs" and "the best yet from the band".Akkerman, Olivia (2003) "Diverse Music, lyrics mark Swingin' Utters", Free Lance-Star, April 24, 2003, p. 3, retrieved September 30, 2012Greene, Jo-Ann "[ Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones Review]", Allmusic, retrieved September 30, 2012
Track listing All tracks written by Darius Koski except as noted. "No Pariah" – 1:30 "Glad" – 2:09 "Hopeless Vows" – 1:48 "Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones" (Johnny Bonnel, Koski) – 2:05 "All That I Can Give" – 2:24 "Sign in a Window" – 1:54 "Dont Ask Why" – 2:12 "Lampshade" – 2:56 "Letters to Yourself" – 2:35 "Heaven at Seventeen" – 1:43 "Leaves of Fate" (Bonnel, Koski) – 1:57 "If You Want Me To" (Koski, Spike Slawson) – 2:46 "Elation" (Goddard, Koski) – 1:40 "Poor Me" (Aust Koski, Koski) – 1:44 "My Closed Mind" – 1:23 "Looking for Something to Follow" – 2:57 "Shadows and Lies" – 1:57
Personnel Johnny Bonnel (vocals) Darius Koski (guitar, vocals, accordion, piano, organ, violin, viola) Greg McEntee (drums) Spike Slawson (bass, vocals) Additional musicians Tom Brayton (percussion) mike busbee [sic] (vibraphone, bass on track #17, percussion)
References
External links Swingin' Utters official discography