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Leader of Celtic Punk Icons The Mahones’ Finny McConnell Announces First Solo Record

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Finny McConnell
Photo Credit Ron Boudreau

Fri Jul 02, 2021
Cashbox Canada

After 30 glorious years of leading renowned Celtic punk rockers, The Mahones, founder and band leader Finny McConnell decided it was high time to write and produce an album for himself. The result? The Dark Streets of Love — available this Fall 2021 via True North Records.

Check out “The Dark Streets of Love” here on YouTube:

A collection of his most intimate musings to date, The Dark Streets of Love is McConnell’s love letter to everyone important in his world. Stripped bare with personal lyrics that represent not only his truth, but a truth we can all relate to, the 11-track LP includes covers of songs by Bruce Springsteen, the Tragically Hip, Lou Reed, Shane McGowan, and even an outtake from an earlier Mahones release — all of which hold deep meaning to the veteran artist.

To pre-order log on here: truenorthrecords.com/finnymcconnell/

With The Mahones, McConnell unleashed more than 20 albums to the masses, and shared the stage with the likes of the Dropkick Murphys, Shane MacGowan, Stiff Little Fingers, Billy Bragg, The Buzzcocks, Sinead O’Connor, The Damned, and more.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, and based in Kingston, Ontario, Finny McConnell’s first solo album is its own homecoming — to himself.

Mixed and engineered by Gene Hughes, this live-off-the-floor release is a rare peek behind the curtain to McConnell’s expansive emotional atmosphere; intricately layered reflections on loving, losing, grieving, and loving again peel away, song by song, one of punk’s most notorious leaders and his distinct point of view.

The Dark Streets of Love:
“Atlantic City”
“Someone Save Me”
“Stars (Oscar Wilde)”
“A Pair of Brown Eyes”
“New York City”
“So Far Away”
“Pale Blue Eyes”
“We’re Miles Apart”
“Cocktail Blues”
“Fiddlers Green”
“Back Home”

The Dark Streets of Love is available September 3rd, 2021 via True North Records.

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