Pugwash - Dublin, Ireland 2015

Whelan’s
Dublin, Ireland 
Oct. 16, 2015

audience recording (sound quality: VG+)

01 intro
02 Kicking & Screaming
03 Kings & Queens
04 Keep Moving On
05 Hung Myself Out to Dry 
06 Finer Things In Life
07 Apples
08 Be My Friend
09 Kids In America
10 There You Are
11 You Could Always Cry
12 chat
13 Here
14 Answers On a Postcard
15 Anyone Who Asks
16 It's Nice to Be Nice
17 encore break
18 Take Me Away

Taped & transferred by Kagee, who says: "The first proper Pugwash gig in 3 years and it was a good night. The set was surprisingly light on tunes from their new album, Play This Intimately..., only 3 songs from it were played. The sound in Whelan's can be pretty dire, so I taped this in front of the left stack and it turned out pretty good." Actually, Kagee is being too modest: the recording sounds excellent, with very little crowd noise to distract from a strong performance by Thos. Walsh & Co.

Jason & Thomas: D'ya think they had fun, or what?

ROB SEZ:  I just couldn't wait another 5 or 6 weeks for the forthcoming Pugwash album to appear, so here's your preview post. I'm really looking forward to hearing all of Silverlake, a collaboration between frontman Thomas Walsh and the fabulously talented Jason Falkner. Check out the first single & ordering info below.

FLAC
  
MP3@320

Pre-order the new album, due next month,
directly from the label or from Amazon UK

HERE'S THE NEW SINGLE: "The Perfect Summer"

Pugwash - Live 2012 (Dublin + London)

Whelan’s
Dublin, Ireland
June 22, 2012

audience recording (sound quality VG+; Whelan’s is a classic Irish pub and a great place to see a show; the atmospherics of this recording reflect these qualities)

BIG-TIME THANKS to kagee1, who did the usual excellent job of taping, transferring and sharing (thanks also to Philippe for sharing the set from London, Nov. 2012)
                       

Pugwash: pooling their resources, somewhere in California...

ROB SEZ: I caught Pugwash live on the current tour and can say confidently that if you go, you will experience a very enjoyable show: sharp music and hilarious, Monty Python-esque banter with the band & audience. For my taste, the new album might be a bit over-baked in places, but still boasts a handful of soon-to-be classic tunes.

Catch Pugwash on their N. America tour - NOW!

01 intro, tuning
02 Be My Friend a While
03 Apples
04 Dear Belinda
05 Answers On a Postcard
06 What's On My Mind*
07 Fall Down
08 It's Nice to Be Nice
09 I Can Hear the Grass Grow 
     (Move cover)

10 There You Are
11 Finer Things In Life
12 The Age of Revolution^

NOTES:
  
Tracks 10-12 = 229 The Venue, Venue 1, London, UK 2012-11-09 (Acid Jazz Records Silver Jubilee Weekend)

*Saville tune dedicated to Andy Foster of Reekus Records. Andy passed
away suddenly the previous week.

^Duckworth Lewis Method song

If you're much of a Pugwash fan, you owe it to yourself to 

find the bonus tracks that accompany this post

(they're — um, oh ... somewhere around here) 

MP3@320

Pugwash:

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

NEW ALBUM, out now: Play This Intimately...

Get it from Omnivore Recordings, purveyor of great music

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