page_title: What Men Deserve to Lose
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: What Men Deserve to Lose / Music
context_page_description: What Men Deserve To Lose is the fifth album by Scottish Celtic fusion group Peatbog Faeries, recorded at Skye Recording in Roag on the band's native Isle of Skye in 2007, and was commercially released on 16 July 2007 on the band's own label Peatbog Records, though the album had been sold at festivals, and from the band's website, since 22 June 2007. It is the band's first album to feature Graeme Stafford, who brings what the band described as a "dancey" feel to the album.
  Following the band's previous album Croftwork and its subsequent supporting tour, the band were quick to work on What Men Deserve to Lose, and the gap between the albums is to date the shortest between any of the band's albums. In addition to new member Stafford, the brass section The Wayward Boys return from the previous album. The band had numerous sources of inspiration on the album, including taking inspiration from their surroundings in Skye, and people and places they had encountered in the years prior to making the album. The album was released to a positive reception from music critics, and two concerts from the subsequent supporting tour also formed the basis of the band's sole live album, Live.
context_section_description: For What Men Deserve to Loose, the band took inspiration "from their surroundings in Skye, people they had met and places they visited over the couple of years" prior to making the album. The band said they were trying to bring a "fresh edge to the established Peatbog sound". Stafford brings what the band described as a "contemporary dancey feel" to the album, whilst the "great addition" of the band's brass section, The Wayward Boys, return from Croftwork and were announced as being a "now established" part of the band's sound. The whistles that Morrison plays on the album are Overton whitles by Colin Goldie, Sinclair/Strathmore highliand pipes, Garvie border pipes by Nigel Richard and small pipes by Hamish Moore, whilst Innes plays Fylde guitars, G&L and Musicman basses.
  The album was characterised as showing the band move "out further into the big, blue beyond, still latching on to island roots yet in a mood of glorious experiment." It is comparable to dance music due to its driving rhythms, whilst the band's brass section, the Wayward Boys, are given more prominence than on Croftwork. The variety in the album's usage of keyboards was noted by critics, as was its jazz-influenced percussion; one reviewer observed "some brilliantly worked introductions" and multiple instances of "lead instruments changing within tracks." The reviewer noted that "there’s even a hint of vocals if you listen carefully."
  The opening track, "The Locks & Rocks Reel", gets its name from a near disastrous boat trip in Sweden from band member Peter Morrison, who wrote the track. "Jason's Famous Banjo" is named after the band's producer Calum MacLean whose stage name is Jason Famous, and when band member Innes travelled to the Staten Island, New York City to buy him a banjo. The title of the track "There's a Girl Behind the Bar Who Think She's Garbo", which mentions iconic Swedish film actress Garbo, is believed to be a reference to Kirsty MacColl's first hit "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" from 1981. The track is dedicated to, as the liner notes describe, "all those barmaids in New York City who tell you they're an actress while chatting you up for tips". The track features samples of New York City traffic in its intro and outro. "Friend of Crazy Joe" is dedicated to Glasgow promoter Billy Kelly who died during the recording of the album. He worked with the band during their 2005 trio to Sydney where they became good friends. The title itself refers to the band's driver, a man of Italian descent made up a fictitious Scottish friend named Crazy Joe. "Ramsaig" is named after a picturesque site of a cleared village near Dunvegan where Morrison's grandparents lived as shepherds, whilst the title of album closer "Nyup" is described in the liner notes as "a fun word to pepper your conversation with. Repeat as necessary." Guest musician John Disco plays additional guitar on the track.
caption: The band took inspiration from their Skye surroundings.
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