Pugwash - Live 2013 and 2014

2 separate shows; 2 separate downloads
 

'1905 Main St.' Live session

Huntington Beach High School   
Huntington Beach, CA    
October 2014

soundboard recording (sound quality VG++; impressive sound quality, especially considering it was recorded by high school students)  

Looks can be deceiving. The 'laddish' Pugwash make sublime pop music.

GENUINE THANKS to Michael Simmons and his students at Huntington Beach High School for sharing their very impressive piece of work. 

   

01 Take Me Away

02 Answers On a Postcard

03 Fall Down

04 Be My Friend Awhile

05 Apples

06 Dear Belinda

07 Here

08 There You Are

09 The Morning Sunshine

      (Idle Race / Jeff Lynne cover)

10 Finer Things In Life

11 It's Nice to Be Nice  

   
A 9-part interview taped during the same session is included in this download. Interviewer is HBHS student Maddie Ducharme. Watch the whole session, with songs and talking interspersed, HERE.

ROB SEZ: Do musicians ever consult anyone else before choosing a band name? I really wish Irish pop genius Thomas Walsh had asked me, because I would have said, "Pugwash? You're thinking about calling your band Pugwash? Just how little music do you really want to sell?" 
I guess the name isn't supposed to matter if you're in it for the music — which, in this case, is some of the finest pop-rock to reach my ears in a very long time. Don't take my word for it: check out the endorsements from the likes of Jason Falkner, Andy Partridge, Dave Gregory, Daniel Radcliffe (yes, him) and some guy named Brian Wilson. If you discover just one new artist this year, make it Pugwash.
    

Pugwash onstage in 2011, photo by konyskiw via Flickr

MP3@320 

PUGWASH:

Thomas Walsh – vocals, guitar

Tosh Flood – guitar, keyboard, vocals   
Shaun McGee - bass   
Joey Fitzgerald - drums
 

Botanic House 

Glasnevin

Dublin, Ireland

May 3, 2013

audience recording (sound quality VG+; this show took place in a pub, so the atmospherics are cozy; crowd chatter is there, but not too frequent or distracting.)
  

PUGWASH: proof that guys with beards can make beautiful music

SUPER DELUXE THANKS to Kagee1 for taping, transferring & sharing so generously

01 tuning & intro

02 Be My Friend a While

03 Apples

04 There You Are

05 Take Me Away

06 The Finer Things In Life

07 Something New

08 Dear Belinda

09 Oh Well / Albatross

10 Don't Let Me Down

11 Kings & Queens

12 Your Friend

13 Here

14 Keep Moving On

15 Fall Down

16 It’s Nice to Be Nice

17 Anyone Who Asks

18 Start

19 The Age of Revolution  
20 Answers on a Postcard    

MP3@320 

The music of Pugwash

finally achieved North American distribution via Omnivore,

which released this compilation in 2014

Buy the CD or download; enjoy; repeat.
 

  ...& Haper's got several rarities collections at Popfair

Learn more about the music of Pugwash at Wikipedia