It’s true. The Pirate Band does Naut-Rock……and to prove it, Rodent Records has just released Nautical By Nature – a collection of 13 sea-worthy tracks that go very nicely with rum, parrots, blood-lust, intimidation, scurvy, treasure and a horrible, horrible death. Hoisting a spectrum of influences from traditional sea shanties to NY Art Rock, the discerning musical scholar will note The Pirate Band's crafty updating of the 17th century buccaneer's blues to the more modern seafaring sounds of 19th century.
Legend has it, The Pirate Band reemerged in the early 1990s after a nearly 300 year submergence at the bottom of the Bermuda Trench. Through a fog, they sailed the ocean blue till eventually landing in San Mateo, CA, the epicenter of the "Dated Music" explosion and set up a stronghold. Initially the crew directed their energy towards drinking and fighting. Music was practiced infrequently and wrongly, but after five or seven - maybe it was nine years - and not much effort - the band finally made a successful sack of San Francisco and became feared and adored as they darkened the portals of many dank and unforgiving establishments. The Pirate Band prevailed and went on to sell-out many a show. With success came more fighting and less practicing......though pretty much the same amount of drinking and wrongness.It was 2005 when time finally came for The Pirate Band to pull up anchor and return to the sea. They needed to get back to their roots and do some killing, reflecting, recording and digging up of buried treasure. Two years out from land and shower, The Pirate Band has returned with gold-filled pockets, blood stained hands and an album of pure treasure:It's The Pirate Band's
Nautical By Nature-Available on CD and ayeTunes
