$9.00
Originally released on vinyl in 2014, this special 2026 CDr edition (in a snazzy Arigato Pak sleeve) of The Muskets ALLEGIANCE TO NO CROWN commemorates the 250th anniversary of the USA and is primarily designed for sale in museum gift shops.
Four stalwarts of American neofolk music -- b9 InViD, Thomas Nola, Erin Powell and David E. Williams--celebrate the founding of the American nation itself with contemporary versions of battle songs from the period (PLUS "commentary" from the diaries of King George III reenacted by Andrew King).
While untraditional recordings and even performances of these songs are very rare, The Muskets march them into the twenty first century with acoustic psychedelia, noisy martial pop, and choral dark ambience.
There is a hymnlike quality to these tunes, whether they express the dread of a loved one “gone for a soldier” or the joy of a last debauch before certain death. Weaving between the tracks like a doddering demented lion, a sour King George III condemns, laments and eventually accepts the triumph of liberty, to the accompaniment of disembodied trumpet and distant drums.
County Lapin records, 2026.
Tracklist :
The Die Is Now Cast
Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
Ballad Of The Green Mountain Boys
Nothing Of Importance
Address To The Ladies
Come Let Us Drink About
Cast Them Off