protection racket
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Fionn Regan – Protection Racket
Somewhere near the top of my non-physically-existent “most anticipated” list lies Irish singer/songwriter and folk darling Fionn Regan’s forthcoming release, The Shadow Of An Empire, due out early 2010 via Lost Highway. I listened to Regan’s first proper full length, The End of History, last year front to back more than any other album and it still finds itself into my stereo with alarming regularity.
Fionn has released the first single from the album, “Protection Racket,” a song he posted a teaser video of on YouTube back in June. It’s uncharacteristically up tempo and playful, much more so than anything on History, and the lyrics are to-the-point political. This is to be expected I suppose on an album called The Shadow Of An Empire. I’m intrigued to see where this album takes Regan, as I find he works best in soft and delicate settings. This single leads me to believe the album will be the exact opposite. Wait and see, I guess.
In case you missed it (with only 3,000 plays it’s not exactly screaming internet sensation), here’s the rough cut video from June as well:
