page_title: A Whisky Kiss
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: A Whisky Kiss / Music
caption_attribution_description: Angus R. Grant, Luke Plumb, and Quee Macarthur of Shooglenifty play at Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow during the Celtic Connections Festival in 2007
context_page_description: A Whisky Kiss is the second studio album by Scottish Celtic fusion band Shooglenifty. After releasing their first album Venus in Tweeds in 1994, the band toured, and then began work on A Whisky Kiss in late 1995. Some of the album's tracks were premiered in early 1996 ahead of its release. The album combines the band's Scottish Celtic music with genres such as worldbeat and techno. The band described the album as "acid croft", whilst one reviewer termed it a unique variation of Celtic rock.
  The album was released in May 1996 by Greentrax Recordings, with critics praising its unique and innovative sound. It has since gone on to be regarded as a notable album. Nonetheless, the album was released to an "unsuspecting public" with minimal promotion, and as such, the band retained their loyal cult following. The band toured the album in 1996, leading to the live album Live at Selwyn Hall.
context_section_description: A Whisky Kiss is entirely instrumental album that combines Scottish folk underpinnings with techno and worldbeat music, and the end result was an album described as "akin to a modern musical jaunt around the world" that "further cemented the band’s reputation as wild crossover artists transcending categories and genres." Dave Sleger of Allmusic said that part of the band's, and the album's uniqueness lies in the fact that, "as a rock band, they've chosen to utilize their indigenous musical upbringing in a modern application. They do not limit themselves either." The band coined the genres "acid croft" and "acid ceilidh" to describe the music, whilst Worldbeat International said the album had "off-centre stylings". Dave Beeby said the album has a "tight album sound" and that the band "play the sort of tunes which at first sound vaguely familiar but you've been lulled into a false sense of security. A sound here, a strange sound there, a sequence played in an odd way all make you sit up and take notice." Most tracks are led by fiddle, mandolin or the banjax, an instrument which has been created by its player Garry, and behind, or sometimes in front of those components are driving bass and drums, with a touch of acoustic guitar thrown in for good measure. Beeby said that the music on the album "is based on the first album but has moved on a few steps. The tunes are mostly self-penned using a variety of rhythms and odd vocal effects creating something which is unique, a word too often used, but in this case meant."
  "She's in the Attic/Hey Goat!" begins with a "strolling" surf guitar tease and abruptly breaks into a "lively" fiddle tune courtesy of Angus Grant with subtle Eastern undertones creeping in and out. "Song for Susie" was described by Sleger as a rare example of a "groove-heavy banjo song." Written by the band's picker Garry Finlayson, he and Iain McLeod comprise the band's uncommon duo-banjo "attack", as exemplified in the track. The title track features an "unrelenting" and "pulsating" rhythm and a catchy, repetitive melody, and was described by Sleger as dance music, saying "although an unlikely club hit, the title track fulfills many requirements of that distant genre."
caption: Shooglenifty playing live in 2007.
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