Sea Punks
* The Singing Loins: Hauling In The Slack (6.0 mb) | The Gentlemen (7.0 mb) | My Madonna (5.5 mb) | House In The Woods (6.5 mb)
From Live In Belgrade
Almost two years ago (yikes!!) I wrote a little spiel about this band, The Singing Loins (look here), but decided to revisit them since I’ve been listening to them a lot recently. Their music seems to really draw from the sea shanty genre, which is a type of music that I’m not really into, so I’m not quite sure what it is about their music that really brings me in. When I really stop to think about it, I think it’s all about the chutzpah and hubris that they bring to their music. It’s not like they’re the worlds best singers or players, but they don’t really seem to care about that. They simply write songs that are raw, damaged, and straight from the heart.
I have no idea where this release comes from. I happened to stumble upon it one day, but there doesn’t seem to be any info on the interweb about it. It’s obviously a live recording from Belgrade, but beyond that, I have no idea about it. If you’re looking for more of their stuff though, Damaged Goods has a bunch of it (as well as a ton of other stuff you should check out). I’ve included the first four songs of this concert, so I hope you enjoy and like this as much as I do.
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jon said,
June 21, 2007 @ 2:50 pm
Whenever someone writes about bands that are influenced by sea shanties, I am reminded of the scene from the Butthole Surfers’ “Blind Eye Sees All” video where Gibby is singing “Blow the Man Down”…