NEW YORK — It’s not too often that a band like Seanchai and the Unity Squad comes along. Joining revolutionary politics with a revolutionary sound, the New York-based band, led by Chris Byrne, a Brooklyn native and former police officer, has made a name for itself…
…The album opens with the title track, “Irish Catholic Boy,” a song that uses Irish uilleann pipes and Clash-like guitar riffs that come together and shoot a powerful opening salvo at the ruling class, which has “never had it so good since the Gilded Age/Raising an army/Not the minimum wage.”…
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