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BRINE & BASTARDS
"Set Sail for Sodomy"

If a crew of pirates had electricity...

Living on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, just a few nautical miles from where Blackbeard's head was nailed to a stake after his capture, I feel the heritage of the buccaneers and privateers that plundered these shores unmercifully in the height of the pirating era. Brine & Bastards are a four-piece out of Port Newark, New Jersey, who blend punk rock with pirate themes, infusing traditional and folk elements in the grog to create a really hook-snapping, stylistic sound. If Flogging Molly was less Celtic and more swashbuckling, this is the bastard stepson that would result. It's just a good, rum-swigging, stranded-on-an-island sound that keeps the pillaging fun. Their live shows see them garbed in costume and I'm sure it would be a incredible time at the local pub where one might find themselves shipwrecked. This is a unique one to check out, so just do that.


(Jason Walsh)

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