Tuesday Paper Club [CD]

From the small Scottish town of Falkirk, folk-punk-indie-pop five-piece Brògeal have earned a rep as one of Britain’s best live bands, igniting mosh-pit madness across the UK and Ireland. They thrum at the center of a robust, Celtic folk revival that is connecting crowds to a traditional spirit of positive defiance in an ever-polarizing and negative era.

Recorded on the Isle of Lewis, their debut album, Tuesday Paper Club, blends romance, loss, nostalgia and mischief. Their music is a bubbling cultural cauldron – featuring accordion, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin, and penny whistle – where ancient folk tradition meets indie Gen Z spirit; laughing, singing and dancing through the 21st-century darkness. For the last 18 months they’ve toured relentlessly, including support for Paolo Nutini, The Mary Wallopers, and The Lathums.

Described by London Calling Festival as a "raucous, genre-melting force of nature," the band's sound has been compared to The La's, The Stone Roses, and The Pogues.