Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Calling port in the icy waters of Sweden, this crew of four bilge rats and one wench started terrorizing their local waters in 2002. But nay! There be nothing to fear but a booty of glorious pop! (All right, my pirate stops there) Now my use of exclamation points thus far doesn't go unwarranted. Not only does it add to my pirate-speak, but this quintet is really deserving of those exclamations. These guys are quite the humorous bunch, and when you pair that up with just a great sense of melody, well, everybody wins. Personifying their songs reveals a lopsided bunch rife with awkward moments. There's the guy that just desperately wants to get out of a girl's "just a friend" status, and another poor fellow that curses his prospective ex-girlfriend's future with a honeymoon topped by a shark attack. Salty Pirates plays out tunage that's amusingly witty, brilliantly pop and appreciatingly loserish.

Hoping to fight the commercialism of today's music industry, these little rebels even put their entire discography up for download at their site, but as you could imagine, it didn’t really pay the bills and Salty Pirates is unfortunately no more (sort of). These days Salty Pirates wanders around as The Weather in Sweden, and even in that state, the weather for them looks slightly overcast. Looking at their site, I can’t really say whether they’ve officially called it quits at this point or moved on to other things of their own, but I’ve always got their incarnation as Salty Pirates to make my day a bit more fun.

:Salty Pirates - Shark Attack:

:Salty Pirates - I Lost My Virginity To The Voice Of Per Gessle:

:Salty Pirates - The Guy You Talk With:

- Brad Benedict Corteza -



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