So, a few months ago a friend tells me about this band called Warsaw Poland Bros. The first thing I ask is “Are they a Polka band of brothers from Warsaw, Poland?” Uhh, no. Here’s the description I was told: Bad Religion meets The Pogues with a reggae twist. A modern day Clash…

What the fuck? Sounds good to me. So I borrow an album called “Dub Confrontation” As you can see by the name it’s a dub album. A very good dub album, mind you. (If you’re into that sort of thing) So I start fishin’ around on the internet. Turns out the Warsaw Poland Bros. have been around for quite a while, and love to play live. Then I notice they have a St. Patrick’s Day Demo out there somewhere. Finally thanks to Guenevere, I obtain a copy of the demo. It was released in 2000, and the main reason they recorded it was to get gigs at Irish bars. Interesting mixing up “Whiskey In The Jar” into a skankin’ ska song. Then you have the song that was dropped into a blender, “Whiskey You’re The Devil”, a ska meets polka meets jazz meets funk meets punk….forget it. All the bases are covered in this one…

Warsaw Poland Bros. music isn’t exactly Bad Reigion meets The Pogues with reggae, but I can see why someone whould say that. They are primarily a ska-reggae-dub medley band that uses whatever different genre they want at various times in an album. If you ask me they are an original band that doesn’t really fit into one specific genre. (that’s what it’s about isn’t it?) If this band were an animal it’d be a chamelion with dreadlocks…

If you can, try and find a copy of The St. Patricks Day Demos, if not, check out their other albums.

December 2003

Review by Brian “Blenderboy” Gillespie