We’re big fans of geek music over here at Carry You Away, and there are a couple of artists who’ve come through lately that we’ll feature together in one bundle.
The Sea Kings
The first artist is The Sea Kings, a small indie rock/folk group out of the UK with their song appropriately named The Ship In Distress. There’s always been a bit of a fascination with the sea life for geeks, what with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise bringing about a huge comeback to the whole pirates genre, as well as with with A-List authors such as the last Michael Crichton penning a book about them called Pirate Latitudes.
I really like this song, Ship in Distress. It’s about, what else, a ship that’s gone adrift and damaged, with the crew trying to figure out how to survive to the next day. Lots are drawn and people are selected to die, but are soon rescued by a ship that comes along. It’s a short, to the point snapshot of a story, and I like it for it’s quaint, folksy nature, something that feels much like some of the bands that I grew up listening to, such as the Wood’s Tea Co. from around these parts.
If you pop over to their myspace page, there’s a couple of other nautical-themed songs, which are really fun to listen to.
Tom Slatter
Another artist, one of our favorites from a couple years ago, Tom Slatter, of the since metamorphosed We’ll Write (now called Comrad Robot), has released a solo album with a steampunk theme called Spinning the Compass. If you liked We’ll Write, Slatter has kept a lot of the same feel from that group with the same nerdish themes of machines and humanity.
Steampunk, if you’re not familiar with the term is a sort of sub-genre of Science Fiction, essentially set within the late Victorian to early 1900s period in time. The idea takes its name from the Science Fiction genre Cyberpunk, but where wires, electronics and communications are a major theme, imagine science fiction style technology, but just powered by steam powered technology. It’s a neat idea, one that’s slowly growing on me. Slatter’s put his album together with a lot of the imagery here for a neat collection of songs with a really cool sound, all of which are available for free here.
Ezequiel Ezequiel
The last song is from artist Ezequiel Ezequiel, an Argentinean-born guitarist who’s recently put together a song called Raise the Dead, a quiet little song with a really haunting sound. He’s recently put together a solo EP called Winter Rise, which you can listen to here. This album has a real ambient/experimental and acoustic vibe to it, and it’s a decent effort for someone starting out.
The Ship in Distress – The Sea Kings
Ingenious Devices – Tom Slatter
Raise the Dead – Ezequiel Ezequiel
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