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The Mary Wallopers<\/a> have announced new album \u2018Paddywhackery\u2019 and dropped the lead single \u2018Crowns Of England\u2019. Check it out below, along with details of a new UK and Ireland tour.<\/p>\n Set for release on September 18, the new record will be the third from the Dundalk band \u2013 following on from the critically acclaimed 2023 album \u2018Irish Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll\u2019. Visit here<\/a> to pre-order.<\/p>\n While that sophomore record saw the band launch into writing their own songs for the first time, this upcoming release see them take things up another notch. They recorded it during an intense two-week period in Liverpool with producer James Skelly (The Coral<\/a>), with the aim of striking a balance between their creative, unrestrained spirit and a new sense of tightness between the instruments.<\/p>\n Today (Thursday June 4), the band drop the first taster of the album with \u2018Crowns Of England\u2019. Rich with uplifting melodies and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, the song serves as an observer\u2019s view of England in 2026, and makes subtle nods to punk pioneers like The Clash<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe song is about being in England and feeling like an outsider in all that colonialism,\u201d said Charles Hendy. \u201cAnd it\u2019s about Irish people who move to London and then assimilate by trying to get away from being Irish. That outsider status could apply to immigrants generally, or even people from small towns moving into cities.\u201d<\/p>\n