The Desire For Revenge "does not play under harsh neon light. It's the lush green meadows of the open-air venues, it's literally the mud-struggle on the Wacken Open Air grounds, or it's the darkness of a concert hall in which the winking, textual twisters exquisitely unfold their charm. The songs tell stories of underdogs, outlaws and characters who live by their own laws and are sometimes killed after death. Like Oliver Cromwell, the English land protector who was exhumed three years after his death to execute his corpse posthumously and symbolically. If revenge has a sound, then MR. IRISH BASTARD it is so energetic, that they chase the foam from the pint without touching the glass. It is almost logical, then, that the day of the Blue Eye is picked up, the "Black Eye Friday", the last Friday before Christmas, when statistically speaking most of the fights take place in the United Kingdom. The protagonist of the song reveals a heroic tragedy that, in its fast beat, invites you to the moshpit, where it belongs. Despite brutal and cunning gangster conventions,"Mike Malloy" thwarts his own killing, while "Darlinka (Darling Karlinka)" in electrifying ska polka, even breaks the heart of a staunch drunkard. I only wanted you or someone very like you "sings Mr. Irish Bastard in the usual haunting way, which always sounds a bit like the Almighty is on his trail. And you almost think you're listening to a romantic announcement. Until the chorus sounds:"I Only Like You When I'm Drunk". It's these twists and breaks, it's flirting with the dark side of the Force that makes "The Desire For Revenge" multi-valued. Easily distinguishable from the pure party-, rough- and drunk-song track, with which Irish Folk is commonly associated, is MR. IRISH BASTARD anyway. This isn't all reduced to boozing. After all, whiskey also tastes good in coffee...
