Ye Banished Privateers Release Holiday Shanty ‘Sulphur Ahoy’

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Notorious pirate folk-rockers Ye Banished Privateers have shared a special gift for their devoted crew for the upcoming holiday season. The band have shared a new single alongside the announcement of a new full-length album full of pirate-packed Christmas favourites.

The newly announced album ‘A Pirate Stole My Christmas’ will set sail on December 3rd, and will see the Swedish scallywags reinterpreting Christmas favourites.

Getting you landlubbers into the feeling of the new album, the band have shared the first hearty heaping of ‘A Pirate Stole My Christmas’ with their new shanty ‘Sulphur Ahoy’

Commenting on the new track the band say “In our song “Sulphur Ahoy“, we were running out of space on the album, and managed to slay two traditional carols with one stone. By stealing from the original works of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Pat-a-pan” we tell the story of a fatigued group of freedom fighters trying to get a good night’s rest before a deadly battle.”

Adding “The only problem is that, armed with drums and bagpipes, two assholes of the army musicians try to wake everyone up to have the whole crew join them in a last night of drunken debauchery.”

Check out the new track here:

The new album will see the Swedish sea dogs sharing 11 new grim covers of beloved Christmas classics. Ye Banished Privateers put their shanty and pirate folk-infused spin on Christmas tunes like ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas’ and the captivating album opener ‘Ring The Bells’. The well-known classic ‘Oh Christmas Tree’ gets a new coat of paint when Ye Banished Privateers re-word it to ‘O Cannonball’ – most definitely making Christmas Eve a special occasion for the most beautiful time of the year.

Check out the track listing here:

1. Ring the Bells
2. It Came to Bloody Pass
3. Deck and Hull
4. 12 Days of Christmas
5. Sulphur Ahoy
6. Little Rummer Boy
7. O Cannonball
8. Festival Days
9. Drawn and Quartered
10. Carol of Bellows
11. Away in the Gutter

“If given enough time, every artist will eventually lose their last ounce of self-respect, and release a Christmas album.” The band comment. “Ye Banished Privateers are no strangers to self-loathing commercial stunts, and with our new album – A Pirate Stole my Christmas, we aim to officially join the ranks of Christmas legends such as Maria Carey and Bing Crosby. Our album is compiled of 11 classic carols defiled into an unrecognizable pulp of rum-drenched atonal pirate madness. If you didn’t hate Christmas before, this is certain to change your mind!”

‘A Pirate Stole My Christmas’ is availble to pre-order now here.