Voice, Guitar, Bass, Drum Tracks, Cymbals Strapped To Knees
Influences
REVIEWS:
"...against a backdrop of contemporary
English guitar pop’s parochial dying embers,
they offer a reminder of more bountiful times."
OXFORDBANDS.COM
"..Far better were Peerless Pirates, another guitar trio, but one with little in common with the previous act. The first song sounded like the Muppets theme tune played by The Smiths, and it got even better after that. Suddenly, the audience realised that they may be allowed to have a good time after all.
The Pirates’ sound is a mixture of Johnny Marr jangle-pop with dashes of rockabilly and classic rock (Their excellent ‘Bring Out Your Dead’ sounds initially like a hidden gem from Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing it All Back Home’ album and ‘High Seas Love Affair’ could have been the product of Long John Silver fronting The Stooges). Blackbearded vocalist Cliff clearly knows his Morrissey, and has a bit of the poseurish drawl, but jettisons the ennui and the foghorn delivery (Truly was it spoken that Morrissey “has the voice that saved a thousand ships”) and occasionally sounds closer to Neil Tennant. The band were on effervescent form and even had the earnest post-rockers jigging along at the end.
Above all, their songs were laden with killer hooks, which is appropriate, given their profession."
OXFORDBANDS.COM
"Oh thank God,a bit of life...musically they’re
decidedly less rum,kicking out a heavily
Smiths-indebted form of jangly rockabilly on
‘Bring Out Your Dead ’ with a sense of
melodramatic melancholy that Moz himself
would once have been proud to display.
In fact you can imagine the singer gallivanting
about in front of his bedroom mirror,a
bunch of gladioli in his back pocket,as he
celebrates the romance of tedium with a
flourish that is a rarer occurrence than you
might imagine in modern day indie rock.
‘One Over The Eight ’ is better still,akin to
‘Hand In Glove ’ remade in the style of The
Wedding Present, and if ‘High Seas Love
Affair ’ overdoes the pirate motif a little,it
eventually blossoms into a lively jangle-pop
sea shanty...
...unlike too many
acts this month,who we ’d gladly force to
walk the plank,at least Peerless Pirates are
looking at the right map and appear to have
a bit of the X-marks-the-spot-factor."
OXFORD NIGHTSHIFT MAGAZINE
"..these guys are absolutely brilliant..."
ALIEN ACID RADIO
Enjoyed the show last night chaps, was good fun. If you fancy it on 18th July you should pop down to the Good Ship after your Powers Bar show. We're not on til late so you can party with us (there's a club until 4.00am). It's only 5 minutes down Kilburn High Road! Cheers, S.O.D. x
cheers for acceptin' hope you gave my tunes a listen and enjoyed them!
Im a 19 year old musician from the city of Liverpool, UK influenced by artist such as The Enemy, The Jam, The Libertines, Sex Pistols, Pulp and The Las
Hey PP, thanks for accepting us! We used to play a little ditty called 'Gregory the Green Pirate' - if we have the pleasure of sharing a stage with you sometime we'll bring it back! :-)
