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Born & Bred

DROPKICK MURPHYS

SIGNED AND SEALED IN BLOOD

Ater the tight thematic focus of 2011's lauded "Going Out in Style," Dropkick Murphys' next album, "Signed and Sealed in Blood," loosens up a bit.

Bassist Ken Casey, the Boston group's sole remaining founding member, tells Billboard.com that "Signed...," which is out on the 7th of January, is "almost a reaction to its predecessor." Where "Going Out in Style" told the story of a fictional character named Cornelius Larkin -- complete with an obituary written by Michael Patrick MacDonald for the liner notes -- "Signed..." has no such constraints. "This is just the opposite of that," Casey explains, "just us having fun and making the most catchy, singalong kind of songs we can. It's not that the last album wasn't fun. It was. 'Going Out in Style' is one of the records I'm most proud of, of anything we've done. But it gave me a couple migraines along the way, getting through that because everything was so connected. This time we cut loose."

Tracklist

• 01 – The Boys Are Back
  02 – Prisoner’s Song
  03 – Rose Tattoo
  04 – Burn
  05 – Jimmy Collins’ Wake
  06 – The Season’s Upon Us
  07 – The Battle Rages On
  08 – Don’t Tear Us Apart
  09 – My Hero
  10 – Out On The Town
  11 – Out Of Our Heads
  12 – End Of The Night