Gàidhlig na Lasair is an alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 and punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 compilation album, by the bands Oi Polloi

Oi Polloi

Oi Polloi are an anarcho-punk band from Scotland that formed around 1981. Starting as an Oi! band, they are generally associated more with the anarcho-punk genre. More recently the band have become notable for their contributions to the Scottish Gaelic punk subgenre...

, Mill a h-Uile Rud

Mill a h-Uile Rud

Mill a h-Uile Rud is a Seattle-based band who sing in Scots Gaelic.-The band:The name translates as 'Destroy Everything' though the band only uses the Gaelic original...

, Atomgevitter, Nad Aislingean and The Thing Upstairs. It was released in 2006 by Problem Records. The album is particularly significant as all of the songs are in Scottish Gaelic, representing musical styles as broad as thrashcore

Thrashcore

Thrashcore is a fast tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore punk, with bands often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less dissonant, less metallic forerunner of grindcore...

 and hip-hop, the first such album of its kind.

Track listing

1. "Carson?" by Oi Polloi
2. "'S e Muncaidh a th' annam" by Atomgevitter
3. "Òran Sabaid Sabhal Mòr Ostaig" by Mill a h-Uile Rud
4. "Pòg a-Rithist Mi" by Nad Aislingean
5. "Ramalair Rùisgte" by Oi Polloi
6. "Aye Robot" by Atomgevitter
7. "Steòrnabhagh" by Mill a h-Uile Rud
8. "Saòrsa Do Vanunu" by Oi Polloi
9. "Coin Hirt" by Atomgevitter
10. "Crath D' Thòn" by Mill a h-Uile Rud
11. "Lasair san Adhar" by Nad Aislingean
12. "Deiseil 's Deònach" by Oi Polloi
13. "Dè a-Nis" by Atomgevitter
14. "Nan Soluis Dhubh" by The Thing Upstairs
15. "SS Politician" by Oi Polloi