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11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory Vinyl

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Dropkick Murphys turned grief, recovery and Boston grit into a pub-sized singalong on 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory, the Celtic punk crew's ninth studio album.

Released in 2017 and produced by Ted Hutt, the record was cut far from home in El Paso, Texas, yet it is soaked in the band's hometown. Much of it was shaped by their Claddagh Fund charity work and by an opioid crisis that was tearing through the communities they came from, giving even the rowdiest choruses a serious heart.

"Blood" is a stomping rallying cry built for crowd participation, while "Paying My Way" tackles the climb out of addiction with fists raised. "4-15-13" is a tender tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, many of whom the band met in hospital afterwards. Then there is their cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone", inspired by Ken Casey attending far too many funerals for overdose victims and turned into a terrace anthem with tears in its eyes.

The album balances the band's trademark brawl with real empathy, never losing the gang vocals that make a Dropkick Murphys record feel like a crowded bar at closing time.

It is a heavy-hearted, fist-pumping highlight from a band that has always written for the people in the room,.

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