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 girl with the Rose Tattoo tattoo by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• The Parting Glass by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Tobermory Bay by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Cut and dried (feat. Jorgen Red Westman of Psychotic Youth) by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Captain Bill McCoy by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Trumped up by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• The Great Escape feat. Scotland The Brave (Live at Old Capitol 4.11.2017) by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Whiskey In The Jar (Live At Old Capitol Langenthal) by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Bear March by Tortilla Flat Switzerland
• Tough Love 2016 by Tortilla Flat Switzerland