Flogging Molly, Laura

“Laura” shows off Flogging Molly perfectly. A wonderful mix of acoustic balladry and Irish influenced punk, this song exemplifies all that the band is. Showing off the band's strengths, this song features beautiful fiddle accompaniment over both electric and acoustic guitar as well as hard hitting drums, no pun intended. While this song doesn't showcase all seven members of the group it is nonetheless a fitting introduction to both the band and their best album in my opinion, Whiskey on a Sunday.

My favourite part is of course, the acoustic intro but the whole song is genius in is music and poetics and has made me love this woman as much as Dave King obviously did. A brilliant song from a brilliant band.