Dropkick Murphys come out swinging on their eighth full-length album, Signed And Sealed In Blood (Born & Bred Records/ADA). This time around, everything has been cranked up past 10. The guitars are ballsier, the gang vocals are louder, the hooks are catchier, the lyrics stop you in your tracks. 

 

The brashest moments of Signed And Sealed In Blood feel like the last 30 seconds of a Stanley Cup hockey game: frenetic, on the edge, dangerous. The softest songs are testaments to the values that pump through the Dropkicks' veins: family, neighborhoods, honor, respect, roots and remembering those who are gone. Every second of Signed And Sealed In Blood is evidence of one thing: Dropkick Murphys aren't just loud and brash, they're at the top of their game as songwriters! 

 

Produced by Ted Hutt (Gaslight Anthem, Bouncing Souls, Lucero) and mixed by Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, Manchester Orchestra). Gatefold 180g 2LP-set with vinyl-only bonus track "Stark Attack."

 

 

1.   The Boys Are Back

2.   Prisoner’s Song

3.   Rose Tattoo

4.   Burn

5.   Jimmy Collins’ Wake

6.   The Season’s Upon Us

7.   The Battle Rages On

8.   Don’t Tear Us Apart

9.   My Hero

10.  Out On The Town

11.  Out Of Our Heads

12.  End Of The Night

13.  Shark Attack