SAME STAR

Ahead of the release of their debut album 'Spring Tide', The Shipbuilders will be releasing their next single, 'The Moon'. Released digitally on Mai 68 Records, the song is a staple of the band's live shows and is a firm fan favourite.

 

Speaking of the track, singer Matty Loughlin-Day explains:
"I've long been fascinated and drawn towards the concept of 'Cante Jondo', the folk music of Andalusia that literally translates to 'deep song'. Lorca wrote about it in his poetry and the unspoilt, passionate and morbid nature of it all entrances me time and time again. Hemingway loved it and it strikes straight to the heart. 'The Moon' came from a contemplation of all of this. It's a song written from the perspective of a soldier in the Spanish Civil War who, while stood underneath a haloed moon, can hear "the wailings of this life and the next collide" while lamenting his love's death and pondering if the same fate will fall on him..."

 

Recorded by Danny Whitewood (BC Camplight, Ladytron), the song is an urgent, fiercely passionate, chest-thumping song with a flamenco flavour that soars as it builds into a chaotic, all-conquering crescendo, courtesy of white hot guitars and thunderous drums.


The song is the penultimate song on the upcoming debut album 'Spring Tide', due for release in Spring 2022, via Mai 68 Records.
The band have also recorded a Spanish language version, titled 'La Luna', which is currently only available on flexi disc via Mai 68 Records and will feature on a 'Spring Tide' bonus disc titled 'Neap Tide'.

Spring Tide

THE MOON

NORTHERN ROSE

Ahead of the release of their debut album, ‘Spring Tide’, The Shipbuilders release their latest single, ‘Forest Floor’ via Mai 68 Records on Friday 29th April.
An eerie, psychedelic shuffle that brings to mind the freakier sides of Love and The Coral, ‘Forest Floor’ features a bass-led groove that descends into chaos with an extended outro made up of ghostly, wordless vocals, wailing harmonica and tumbling piano, all blown about by a storm of reverb-heavy guitars and relentless motorik drums.
Speaking of the track, lead singer Matty Loughlin-Day explains “the song sings of an impending storm, prophesised by an old sage and queries whether there is hope left in the town or whether it’s best to return to the land and find safety. Ultimately, the hero of the song is trying to find his best to way to survive on the line between the smug and the damned”

FOREST FLOOR

SILK ROAD

WILD ATLANTIC WAY

FAULT LINE

HANGING ME AT DAWN

La FEE VERTE

STRANGER'S LAMENT

Feeling In My Pocket

The Moon

The Shipbuilders - Fault Line

Wild Atlantic Way

Silk Road

Silk Road (Single Version)

Silk Road (Full Version)

"Spaghetti Western with a Liverpool jangle... great surf-noir-shanty" - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6Music

 

Defining a band's sound is always a tricky business, requiring one to walk the tightrope between cliche and bombast. So when a band is described as "expertly fusing the genius of Morricone and Moroder to create upbeat Western-inspired indie with just a hint of disco..." (Bido Lito!), where do you go from there?

 

The Shipbuilders exist as a melting pot where the surreal meets the sublime. Since releasing their first EP, 'Something in the Water' in 2016, the band have continuously expanded their sound and scope of influences to create a world where sparkling pop wonders are nestled between Spanish Civil War laments, gypsy arias, and chaotic, shambolic odes to drinking, death and everything in between. All of this is done with added lashings of melody and the writings of Garcia Lorca and James Joyce, dictating that the wonder of the beauty of the world - and beyond - is never overlooked.


Naturally, all rivers have led to the ocean that is debut album, 'Spring Tide', which is due for release in 2022 via Mai 68 Records. A definitive lassoing of the band's journey to date, the ten tracks recorded with Danny Whitewood (BC Camplight, Ladytron) are a perfect distillation of the Shipbuilders' sound and vision and will be available on 12" vinyl, CD and digital download. A bonus CD, 'Neap Tide', featuring remixes, demos, extra tracks and versions sang in other languages will also be available for purchase on CD.

"Liverpool's finest gypsy-surf-rock band since, well... nobody!" - Getintothis.co.uk

The Shipbuilders' universe is one all are welcome to explore, as the band have also established their own 'Shipwrecked' clubnights which over the past four years have played host to some of Merseyside's finest bands and spoken word artists, while raising funds and food for local foodbanks and charities. Such is the success of Shipwrecked, Summer 2021 saw the inaugral Shipwrecked Festival, a sold out all-day multi-stage event in Birkenhead's Future Yard, before the band took the even to Newport and Bristol in the autumn.

Live, The Shipbuilders have toured across the UK and have featured regularly at festivals including Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool Music Week and played Kendal Calling.

As the Spring Tide starts to rise, a UK wide tour is in the works and well aware time and tide wait for no man, work is well underway on album two.

Come on in, the water's lovely...

The Shipbuilders

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