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This is one of those albums that I listened to at the exactly perfect moment in my life. Or I’m just really high. It’s jovial 90s Celtic punk/alternative that’s super catchy but buying time, the song about making a big decision, hit right as I was putting down my deposits to go to law school in the fall. Then it’s nearly followed by the joyful old black rum about being intoxicated and being super happy, which is what I am right now. Wild that this random album is going to be forever associated with this moment for me. I’m reading this back and its easily the most insane review I’ve ever written, I’m sorry.

I had mixed feelings about this album. I felt like either celebrating St Patrick's Day or storming a ship with my crew.

Huh, not bad. Not good either 3 A little too silly for my taste You cant tell me "Buying Time" and "Lukey" arent songs from Moana

I was so happy to see this on here. I was in high school when this came out and saw them on the tour for it. The energy the vibe everything about this is a lift in the spirit.

Folk, folk rock. Me ha gustado, aunque tiene varias lentas. Un 4, venga.

I love the upbeat energy, sweet and kind. I can absolutely understand why someone might love this album enough to share it. This is an album for happy people who like things. I enjoyed listening.

I love shit like this. Fun, light, celtic-adjacent ditties. Yeah it's not cool. It's not angry like a lot of the punky celtic bands. It's almost annoyingly sincere. But I love it! Fuck you!

This is the equivalent to Scottish bag pipes being played for St Patrick’s Day. It isn’t Irish but it seems close enough so just enjoy and have a pint. Overall it’s pretty decent traditional folk with the catchy songs and stories of blue collar life. Not too bad. Worth an occasional revisit. 6.6/10

I guess this answers the question "what happens if you mix the pogues and soul asylum?", because this album is exactly what it'd sound like. But my own question would be "why the fuck would anyone want to mix the pogues and soul asylum?" 2/5.

45 minutes of very Irish-ish tunes is just not my cup of tea. Instrumentals are well-executed (and pretty impressively dense), but the whiplash between sappy ballads and breathless barnstormers means this album feels very jilted and more a collection of tracks in the same wheelhouse than a complete artistic product. Just too goofy for me at the end of the day

Album full of folky songs. The performance is technically ok, but not very inspired. The album misses the raw edge that this kind of music needs. It’s sort of a nerdy schoolboy version of The Dubliners.

This was a whole lot of fun! Now that I think about it - quite what I might expect from a group from Canada’s Maritime Provinces. I’m in for the shanties!

Lovely folk album. It really is sea-themed at some parts, which the bandname suggests.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Buying time, The chemical worker’s song, Nothing out of nothing

Fun album!

This was pretty good. I'm a sucker for traditional tunes done in a modern way. 4 stars.

Pretty standard sound for this flavor of nouveaux traditional and on the lyrical style much of it a little soft and basic. I didn't mind theblisten but it didn't really wow me.

I suppose it's a good fit within the folk genre; their voices have harmony and intonation. Their rhythm is calm and measured. It's enjoyable, but imperceptible after a while. It reminded me of those American town dances.

Good natured, affable stuff, although not super memorable. A stronger vocalist would have made this so much better. Fave Songs: Run Runaway, Lukey, Something To It, Billy Peddle

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I find the arrangements to be not super imaginative and I would like to hear more songs like The Chemical Worker's Song - there is a grit that makes it stand out, and the sea shanty vocal harmonies are the strongest part of this album. The songs where the lean into said harmonies (see also Wave Over Wave and the second half of Billy Peddle) are the highlights.

Up is a collection of lilty sea shanty/easy listening folk rock, dunno why it's on here as it's not even close to the best of its genre, like Dropkick Murphys have dabbled in this over the years and more recently covered a lot of Woody Guthrie's old stuff/brought unreleased stuff to life and it's better than this even though it's not what they're most known for, and there are a bunch of other examples of bands doing exactly this stuff that you'll never remember straight after listening to them. I didn't mind it but it can't get more than a 2/5 because it's just so generic.

If you'd asked me to predict what this album sounds like before I listened to it, "Newfoundland sea shanties" wouldn't have been in my top 100 guesses. Kinda silly, not gonna lie.

The favorite album of your neighbor of a certain age who thinks he knows music but knows nothing about it.