Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones explained

Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones
Type:	Album
Artist:	Swingin' Utters
Cover:	Swingin Utters - Dead Flowers Bottles Bluegrass and Bones cover.jpg
Released:	February 25, 2003
Recorded:	Stout Recording, Oakland, California, April, May, June and August 2002
Genre:	Punk rock folk punk
Length:	35:47
Label:	Fat Wreck Chords 648 (CD and LP)
Producer:	The Greedy Bros.
Prev Title:	Swingin' Utters
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Live in a Dive
Next Year:	2004

Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones is the sixth full-length album by American punk rock band Swingin' Utters.

Background

Alongside the band's usual punk style of music, there is a strong presence of Pogues-influenced Irish folk on this album, perhaps even more heavily than on the band's previous album. The Swingin' Utters recorded Live in a Dive shortly after this album was released.

Reception

The Free Lance-Star gave the album a positive review, while Allmusic gave it a four and a half stars out of five rating, with reviewer Jo-Ann Greene calling it "a stomping mix of rabid punk and pub-crunching singalongs" and "the best yet from the band".^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All tracks written by Darius Koski except as noted.

1. "No Pariah" – 1:30
2. "Glad" – 2:09
3. "Hopeless Vows" – 1:48
4. "Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass and Bones" (Johnny Bonnel, Koski) – 2:05
5. "All That I Can Give" – 2:24
6. "Sign in a Window" – 1:54
7. "Dont Ask Why" – 2:12
8. "Lampshade" – 2:56
9. "Letters to Yourself" – 2:35
10. "Heaven at Seventeen" – 1:43
11. "Leaves of Fate" (Bonnel, Koski) – 1:57
12. "If You Want Me To" (Koski, Spike Slawson) – 2:46
13. "Elation" (Goddard, Koski) – 1:40
14. "Poor Me" (Aust Koski, Koski) – 1:44
15. "My Closed Mind" – 1:23
16. "Looking for Something to Follow" – 2:57
17. "Shadows and Lies" – 1:57

Personnel

• Johnny Bonnel (vocals)
• Darius Koski (guitar, vocals, accordion, piano, organ, violin, viola)
• Greg McEntee (drums)
• Spike Slawson (bass, vocals)

Additional musicians

• Tom Brayton (percussion)
• mike busbee [sic] (vibraphone, bass on track #17, percussion)

External links

• Swingin' Utters official discography

Notes and References

1. Akkerman, Olivia (2003) "Diverse Music, lyrics mark Swingin' Utters", Free Lance-Star, April 24, 2003, p. 3, retrieved September 30, 2012
2. Greene, Jo-Ann "[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r627481|pure_url=yes}} ''Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones'' Review]", Allmusic, retrieved September 30, 2012