DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH! THE TOSSERS CHRISTMAS SINGLE OUT TODAY!

Now plenty would say that Chicago’s The Tossers are the best Celtic-Punk band in the world and many would even say that they are the heirs to The Pogues crown. So it is that any new release is welcomed by the Celtic-Punk masses!

Ding dong indeed. With Christmas (we don’t go in for that Xmas shite) Day just around the corner blue-collar Irish-American Celtic-Punk living legends The Tossers have released their new single on Victory Records. Famous for their warts and all, gutsy, resolute working-class Irish anthems, The Tossers step out in a different direction with two songs celebrating that most wonderful time of the year. The two song single features one original composition, the biting ‘Merry Christmas’ and a recording of the Robbie Burns classic ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

Merry Christmas to you

To all of the well heeled in your fancy clubs

To all my friends and cronies in the pubs

To all of the people and the kids down in the street

Who ain’t got nothin’ not a poxy thing to eat

Merry Christmas to you

To all of you thieves and men who have waged an endless war

While you were safe behind a bolted door

To those who have fought and to those who have died

And to every one of those who was on our side

Merry Christmas to you

Oh the hungry, thirsty, sick and cold and strangers now to you

And as you have done to the least of men

You have done this to me too

And may you all sleep warm at night

And may you all have all your hearts delight

And may God bring each one of you

Every God damned thing

That’s always been coming to you

The Tossers have been entertaining us and fighting the corner for Irish-America for 25 years so in the year of their 1/4 century they have been relatively quiet with last years brilliant ‘Smash The Windows’ album release only followed this year by the release of an official Tossers Stout that is also called Smash The Windows! A natural act you would think from ‘the world’s loudest drinking band’. Always amazing to hear new material from one of my favourite bands and even better that they will be announcing some major tour dates very shortly. Let’s pray they include some local to us as well!

The Tossers are more than just a band to their fans. They have inspired and promoted a love in your roots that is sadly missing for most people. They tell the tale of both Chicago and America’s Irish communities. Serious and piss-taking at the same time and joyful and sad and upbeat and maudlin The Tossers do it all and yes we Irish are all of these things… and The Tossers celebrate it all. In the words of Tony Duggins