Music News - Wellington Sea Shanty Society - New Album/Tour
15 June 2015 - 0 Comments
The Wellington Sea Shanty Society, New Zealand's Most 'Sea
Worthy' Shanty Group™, have been belting out traditional sea songs from
Aotearoa, France, Spain, the UK, and more, since 2012. Sailors and landlubbers
alike have been battered by the rousing chorus of this two-man tempest of pure
shanty.
In 2013 the W.S.S.S made waves with their first album - the Sunday Star Times
called it "probably the best dance album of the year". Now, on June
29, 2015 the group will release a new collection of spume-filled anthems: NOW
THAT’S WHAT I CALL SEA SHANTIES Vol II.
Vol II sees the band exploring their NZ heritage and showcases the salty
songwriting talent of Vorn and Lake. The album features 5 original songs that
‘shantify’ the stories of NZ historical figures such as Sam Parnell (credited
with establishing the 8 hour working day in NZ), ‘Young Nick’ (supposedly
awarded 5 gallons of rum by James Cook for sighting the promontory that would
be named after him), and early European Pākehā
Māori Jacky Marmon (‘Cannibal Jack’) and George White (aka Barnett Burns).
With the translation of French classic ‘Le Corsaire Le Grand Coureur’, the
South Pacific remix of ‘All For Me Grog’, and the reworking of sealing classic
‘Blood Red Roses’, NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL SEA SHANTIES Vol II is truly a
meaningful addition to sea song canon.
The album will be available on CD ($20 + postage) or digital download (Free/Pay
As You Like) from the group’s bandcamp on Monday June 29 from: http://www.wellingtonseashantysociety.bandcamp.com/.
The W.S.S.S comprise Vorn Dont le Père Etait Marin, from the indie pop band
Vorn (vorn.co.nz), and Lake
Davineer, from the electro pop band Urbantramper (urbantramper.com) and Lake
South (lake-south.com).
Vorn is on squeeze box duties, while Lake strums the git-fiddle. Rousing
harmonies and raucous foot-stomping abound!
The group will tour the album from July 3 so come grab a shandy & a shanty
sheet and sing along to a whole new swag of original sea songs about NZ's past
- plus all your old favourites! Following the NZ tour the group is off to tour
France in August. They will play Paimpol Festival - one of the biggest sea
shanty festivals in the world.
TOUR DATES:
Fri July 3 EAST BY WEST FERRY, Wellington, 8pm
(Limited tickets here: http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2015/wellington-sea-shanty-society/wellington)
Sun July 5 FREIDA MARGOLIS, Auckland
(Limited tickets: http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2015/wellington-sea-shanty-society/auckland/grey-lynn)
Wed Jul 8 INTERISLANDER FERRY, Cook Strait (Free)
Wed Jul 8 MOUTERE INN, Nelson (Free/Koha)
Thu Jul 9 PORT HOLE BAR, Lyttleton (Free/Koha)
Fri Jul 10 HILLTOP TAVERN, Hilltop/Banks Peninsula (Free)
Sat Jul 11 DOG WITH TWO TAILS, Dunedin (Free/Koha)
Sun Jul 12 THE SHERWOOD, Queenstown
Tue Jul 14 INTERISLANDER FERRY, Cook Strait (Free)
http://wellingtonseashantysociety.com/
http://www.facebook.com/WellingtonSeaShantySociety
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