Inspired by his time at sea, Pierszalowski began composing the songs on The Wind and the Swell during the summer of 2005, and named his band Port O'Brien after a now-abandoned cannery site where his parents met in the late '60s. The songs showcase the paradox between the band's ferocity and its tenderness. The male and female vocal counterpoint and the urgent rushes of instrumentation mid-song meet with the gentle strum of acoustic guitars and wistful imagery of the sea. These songs present music as a docu...   [ read more ]

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Inspired by his time at sea, Pierszalowski began composing the songs on The Wind and the Swell during the summer of 2005, and named his band Port O'Brien after a now-abandoned cannery site where his parents met in the late '60s. The songs showcase the paradox between the band's ferocity and its tenderness. The male and female vocal counterpoint and the urgent rushes of instrumentation mid-song meet with the gentle strum of acoustic guitars and wistful imagery of the sea. These songs present music as a docu...   [ read more ]

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REISSUE. First two solo albums originally on Abstract and Flicknife, here fully remastered with bonus tracks. Punk pioneer Nikki Sudden, formerly of legendary '70s post-punkers Swell Maps, is cleaning out his garage of '80s material, and the half that isn't going to Antiques Roadshow could wind up in your record collection. Sudden enjoyed "a very fertile period" (yum!) during the '80s, releasing both solo work and albums as a member of the Jacobites, the Birthday Party, and Crime and the City Solution.

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