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(Taken from www.UFOmusic.com)

Enter The Haggis has finished up their fifth LP, a masterwork whose musical scope knows no boundaries, entitled Soapbox Heroes. Recorded in February 2006 at the Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, NY, the album features 10 superb and diverse songs produced by 4-time Grammy winner Neil Dorfsman (Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Sting, Dire Straits).

"For the recording of Soapbox Heroes, we lived in a house that was attached to the studio so we were isolated from family and friends," says guitarist Trevor Lewington, "The only people we interacted with were ourselves, Neil, the studio employees and guest musicians. The seclusion helped us to focus on the record without any distractions. It also meant that we didn't have any feedback from family and friends until it was too late."

Brian Buchanan, says regarding the title, "Soapbox Heroes" refers to all the millions of people who make the mistake of thinking that holding a strong opinion about something is as good as doing something about it- people who hold a sign and chant a slogan and then go home, watch Wife-Swap 2006 and forget about the problem for the evening. North American voters are more polarized now than ever, but the dismal voter turnouts in the last Canadian and US federal elections don't reflect that fact at all. Apparently it's hard to reach a ballot box from a soapbox."

Soapbox Heroes, once again, establishes the band as possessing tremendous flexibility while not abandoning their respect for the traditional Celtic genre. The evidence lies in the kickoff piece, "Lancaster Gate," an instrumental establishing shot of what you have yet to hear. "One Last Drink" is a tried and true drinkin' tune until you hear the infusion of a horn section that seems to have jumped right off a Calexico record. "Cynical" is the Waterboys and Midnight Oil colliding with the Pogues, rousing chorus n' all, and "The Barfly" is a piano ballad that the Eagles will simply wish they'd written. To name a few more, "No More Stones," embodies Enter The Haggis' protest side with its anti-war lyric, "Marti's Last Stand" features Brian, Craig and Trevor on lead vocals and "Long Way Home" wraps it up as "Load Out/Stay" wraps up Jackson Browne's Running On Empty.