NEW SINGLE FROM A NEW BAND! ALL THOSE EMPTY PUBS

There’s a new band on the Celtic-Punk scene and what a great name! All Those Empty Pubs hail from up in the Swiss Alps and have just put out their debut release. We got to ask Diego the bands only member (!) a few questions.

Not a great year for music was 2020 but it did have small rays of sunshine and one has to have been the birth of All those Empty Pubs, created as a solo music project by talented multi-instrumentalist Diego. With over twenty years of Punk-Rock experience, with brief sidetracks into Medieval Folk and Ska, backed up with more live shows than hot dinners and multiple publication and internet features he has finally arrived at the best music in the world. That of Celtic-Folk-Punk.

It’s not uncommon these days for solo acts to give themselves grandiose names but these are usually of the dreary, wailing and whining singer-songwriter type. Here although the band is but Diego he’s not averse to new band members hopping on board so if you live near him then give him a shout and bring your talent. The ‘groups’ first release is ’40 Days’ and as a solid a opener as any band had. Diego utilises all his talents here with mandolin, flute, acoustic guitar, bag pipes and even Hammond organ alongside your more usual Rock band instruments. It just don’t get more DIY than this and the song rattles along at a great pace. Having no musical talents at all (I wasn’t even trusted with the triangle at school!) I find it absolutely incredible what has been achieved here. The track is available for the equivalent of around £/$ 1 so time to support new artists and more all-new All Those Empty Pubs tracks will be arriving soon I am promised.

Diego says of his arrival in the Celtic-Folk-Punk

“All Those Empty Pubs was founded 2020 in the Swiss alps as a solo project. I had been playing for nearly twenty years as a guitarist and singer, with fifteen of those in the German speaking Punk band, Die Grimmelshäuser. I had the opportunity to play over 100 live concerts and to record some albums. Over the years I’ve contributed to the punk scene as a concert organiser and I’ve also had the chance to create some Punk compilations.

Some years ago I played in a Medieval Folk band. We experimented a lot and everyone played all the instruments a wee bit. So I came into contact with the Irish bouzouki, tin whistles and the Hümmelchen (small baroque bagpipes). I’ve also tried some musical stuff like early Reggae and Ska. Two or three years ago I started to play the mandolin and learned some traditional Scottish and Irish tunes. Before that, I used to mainly listen to modern Celtic-Punk and Celtic-Rock.

Since I’m living in a rural, mountainy place, it’s hard to find other musicians. Of course there are some great ones. But to find people who like the same music as you, have talent and time is pretty hard. So after the Corona outbreak I decided to start a solo project. Maybe it’s easier to find other people, if there’s already a foundation.

For my first track, my band member of Die Grimmelshäuser lent me his voice for the backing vocals. Thanks Matthias! As a part of the do it yourself attitude I learned over the past years to record and mix audio tracks. At the moment I’m also training to be an audio engineer. So I have the great opportunity to record and mix my songs in my home studio.”

So there you go. A fantastic debut and we look forward to hearing more and in the spirit of these more enlightened times not a single mention of Toblerone’s or cuckoo clocks or even my second favourite Laurel And Hardy film.

(Stream / download ’40 Days’ from the Bandcamp player below)

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