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GBR 001LP
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A precursor band of the punk-oi!-folk in Spain, this is one of the most brilliant and original recordings of the style. With the Asturian bagpipe as a banner and sung almost entirely in Asturian language, the band reviews in the lyrics a great part of the topics of oi! and the Asturian mythology. Aggressive and combative music in a historical album. Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of its release in CD format, Sangre y Fierru, by the Asturian band Oi! n'Ast ("Oi in Asturian"), an iconic record of the Spanish punk-oi!-folk scene, is released remastered on glorious vinyl. Following in the footsteps of Dropkick Murphys, the band was formed in the late '90s to combine punk spirit and Asturian soul, quickly gaining a loyal and fervent local following. In 2002 Sangre y Fierru is released in CD format (first reference of the label Guns of Brixton Records) obtaining good repercussion, which leads them to play in Spain, France, and Switzerland during the following years. The band ended their career in 2006 with a certain bitter taste for the end of an era, but their only album has created a legacy and has grown in importance in these two decades. Sangre y Fierru was one of the most revitalizing surprises of the time, including twelve street-punk songs in Asturian and Spanish, to which now, in the remastered LP edition, two bonus tracks have been added, "Kaos" and "Gotta Go" (a tribute to the influential band Agnostic Front). There are nods to Asturian mythology in "Gauson el Terrible" (Asturian leader in the fight against the Roman invasion), to the miner's revolution of "Ochobre 34" (October 34) and criticism in "A la Cai" (To the Streets) and "Velenu Nel Cuerpu" (Poison in the Body). There are also cries of unity in "La Mesma Voz" (The Same Voice) and, directly, hymns of Asturian pride in "Fechu n'Asturies" (Made in Asturias), or "Azul y Amariellu" (Blue and Yellow), the latter with the collaboration of Pirri, singer of the hard-core band Escuela de Odio. Of course, without forgetting soccer, "Sangre en la Gradas" (Blood on the Terraces) and beer, "Juntos en el Bar" (Together in the Bar). An album that is a real steamroller of direct and simple punk, to which Hugo's voice gives it a rough and concise character. The cover of the LP is the work of the tattoo artist from Gijon, Fu, who had already designed the CD in 2002.
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