Folk/Review The Celtic Social Club - I Can’t Wait Anymore

The Celtic Social Club celebrates a decade this year. Ten years that have succeeded in imposing a sound, a style, and a name. With four studio albums and three live albums under their belt, crisscrossing stages, festivals, and continents, the seven Franco-Irish continue to refine their elegant and audacious reinterpretation of the Celtic music tradition, shaken up with great blows of rock energy, pop melody, and folk magic.

The Celtic Social Club's most recent song, "I Can’t Wait Anymore," is a poignant blend of Celtic folk, rock, and pop that powerfully counterbalances the band's characteristic sound. The song begins subtly with a reflective bassline and lead vocals that evoke a sense of desire. As the whole seven-piece band joins in, the song progressively grows louder and more anthemic. Both traditional Celtic tones and the emotional depth of rock balladry are incorporated into this voyage, which is melancholy and falls midway between the exuberance of Irish bar music and the expressive guitar work evocative of Pink Floyd.

The song is featured on Inventory, their ambitious 20-track album that offers a thorough examination of the band's distinctive fusion of genres. The album opens with the upbeat crescendo of "I Can't Wait Anymore," which showcases the band's emotional range with its instrumentation. The album includes two new original songs, "Suddenly" and "Far Away From Here," in addition to well-known tracks, giving the group's history greater depth.

In "I Can’t Wait Anymore," The Celtic Social Club asks listeners to experience the tug of longing against the passionate energy of a song that is equal parts introspective and energizing. Their reputation for skillfully fusing Celtic heritage with contemporary sounds is cemented by this song, and if this one is any guide, Inventory is sure to be an engaging, genre-bending experience.