Tortilla Flat Switzerland

Tortilla Flat (Estd. 1991, named after John Steinbeck’s novel of the same title) are from Langenthal (Switzerland) and play Scottish-Irish melodies with a proper share of punk’n’roll. A mixture which is simply matching and a lot of fun – because it makes the way to work more pleasant in the morning and prepares you accurately for the beer after work; because it’s both a soundtrack for party nights and comfortable evenings with friends; because it makes rainy days sunnier and brings you a holiday on the islands within reach during the summer heat.

Instead of annoying their audiences with rockstar airs and graces, the three Swiss mates Chris, Ritchie and Lexu are attracting attention with their music, which is sometimes resembling the Pogues or Green Day – without losing it’s own identity – and at other times resembling Scottish-Irish traditional songs.

This is achieved by impulsive drums, the maltreated strings of electric guitars and bass and the support of the bagpipers “The Independent Pipers”. That this mixture is working well and that the “musical gas pedal” doesn’t always have to be “pushed through to the maximum”, they have already proven with their acoustic album “A Trainload Full Of Stout” (2009) and many times at their live concerts.

Where folklore meets an enjoyably unagitated – but yet stirring – punk attitude, there is something to be found for (almost) everybody. This established mixture is featured again on the newest album “The Great Escape”. It’s an invitation to dance and sing along – or maybe also to “shout along” on a higher level. But first and foremost, it is the best bridgeover until Tortilla Flat will play once again at a place near you!

Tortilla Flat: Ritchie (Bass & Harp), Chris (Guit. & Voc.), Lexu (Drums & Acoustic Guit.)
The Independent Pipers: Pesche (Bagpipe), Röbu (Bagpipe), Thömu (Bagpipe)

www.tortillaflat.ch

Tortilla Flat Switzerland’s tracks

• The 45rpm (feat. Jorgen Red Westman) by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• The Town I loved So Well by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Forward As One by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• The Seven Drunken Nights by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• F.U.C.K.U. by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• The 45 rpm by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• 1946 (SCL Viejos Version) by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Billy Taylor by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• The Rising Of The Moon (Live @ Montreux Jazz Festival) by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Operation Crossroads by Tortilla Flat Switzerland