EP27 - The Prawn Lawn & Brang by The Shanks

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited

In this episode Eoin Stan O'Sullivan joins me to discuss The Prawn Lawn and Brang by The Shanks. From Newmarket in North Cork, The Shanks arrived in Cork City in 1990 fully formed having spent a few years gigging around North Cork and Kerry. The Prawn Lawn was recorded in Connolly's of Leap in West Cork by Paddy McNicholl and released on his imprint Rescue Records. Brang, the band's second album, was released on Murgatroid Records in 1998. Memorably the NME wrote: "The Shanks are like Gastr Del Sol with a Chieftains fixation." The Shanks called time on their adventure late in 1999 with members going on to form two other great Cork bands: Stanley Super 800 and Rulers of the Planet. The Shanks were one of the great Irish bands of the 1990s. Episode notes are here.