CATHAL COUGHLAN
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Viva Dead Ponies

LYRICS

See the priest in
Gleaming nappies
Gurgling and burping
Child at play
Signing warrants, blessing firing squads
Are the pleasures of this Baby’s day

    Release Date

    September 7, 2026

Viva Dead Ponies.. sounds like if JG Thirlwell loved Scott Walker and Kix exclusively, was commissioned to arrange Jesus Christ Superstar for the casio keyboard, and then got caught fucking the mixing engineer’s wife. 

Zachary Lipez, Abundant Living

Awarding the album 9/10, John Mulvey in the NME wrote that that “Viva Dead Ponies stands as 1990’s most varied, inexhaustible and downright malicious white-knuckle ride. 

Paul McDermott

Credits

Cathal Coughlan – vocals, keyboards, programming
Andrías Ó Grúama – guitar
Nick Bunker – keyboards
Hugh Bunker – bass guitar
Nicholas Tiompan Allum – drums, wind

with:

Kenny Davis - accordion
Alison Jiear - additional vocals
Lawrence Bogle - cover illustration

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