New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shite'n'Onions Website) Shite'n'Onions proudly announces the North American release of Trouble Pilgrim, the critically acclaimed third album by the reformed seminal Irish band The Radiators From Space.
"Then the Radiators From Space came out, 'Television Screen,' which was a great single, that was a real inspiration to us." - Bono / U2
"Ireland's most important band." - Michael Mary Murphy / The Village (Dublin) October 2011
THE RADIATORS FROM SPACE are best known for their debut single, "Television Screen," and for their legendary second album, Ghostown. "Television Screen" was hailed by Rolling Stone as the best of the first batch of "UK" punk singles. It was also the first punk single to place Top 20 anywhere in the world when it charted at No. 17 in Ireland in April 1977. Ghostown, an exotic fantasia of a midnight walk around Dublin which seems to take place simultaneously in the 1970s and six decades earlier, has consistently featured in the lists of Best Irish Albums of All Time since it was recorded 33 years ago. The Irish Times ranked Ghostown as the 3rd greatest Irish album of all time, and its stature continues to grow.
"Ghostown….If it is Ireland's Nebraska, then it is also its Straight Outta Compton." - Michael Mary Murphy / The Village (Dublin) October 2011
"Ghostown was a piece of work that was so far ahead of its time that it soared over the heads of the knuckle-dragging doppelgangers that constituted the unimaginative mass of the second wave of punk rockers. It's still a marvel to behold." - Michael Mary Murphy / The Village (Dublin) October 2011
But that's not all there is to The Radiators. There's their debut album, TV Tube Heart, widely considered a punk classic, and their stunning reunion album, Trouble Pilgrim. In the intervening years guitarist Philip Chevron found fame with The Pogues, Steve Averill became one of the music world's top designers and has been involved with the artwork for U2 from the very beginning, while Pete Holidai received the Hot Press/Smithwicks award for his work as a record producer.
"The Radiators were the first true Irish punk band, and with most current rock acts unwilling to confront the broad political realities of today, they may well turn out to be our last." - Jackie Haden / Hotpress
Reviews of Trouble Pilgrim:
"Whoever says there is no such thing as a second chance gave up on life a long time ago! This is wonderful, all 'round in every way!" - The Big Takeover
"An album full of skilful songwriting, often politically charged lyrics and occasionally immaculate arrangements." - Joe Shooman / Record Collector
"If Trouble Pilgrim doesn't sound quite like the way you might remember the Radiators from Space, it strikes an easy balance between their youthful ideals and their maturity in the 21st century, and this is music that's eloquent in its anger and compassionate without sentimentality—not a bad formula for a bunch of aging punks, and it's good to have them back." - Mark Deming / AMG
"The Radiators From Space emerge once more from the wilderness with a brilliant collection, a startling achievement, second time around." -
Declan Lynch / Sunday Independent
"….sparkling, energized collection of 14 fresh tracks exuding more passion and energy than bands half their age." - Jackie Haden / Hotpress
