Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 4 |
Mar / 2019 | • | Mai 68 Presents | Gullivers, Manchester | |||
Feb / 2019 | • | Onboard with Mai 68 | Lady Diana Boat, Chester | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | Supporting The Tea Street Band | District, Liverpool | |||
Nov / 2018 | • | Talk Tonight | O2 Academy, Liverpool | |||
Oct / 2018 | • | Mai 68 | The Golden Eagle, Chester | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Oddjob Presents | Fox and Newt, Leeds | |||
Sep / 2018 | • | Mai 68 Presents | Gullivers, Manchester | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Sound City Festival | Sound City | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | North by Northwich International Screening | 24 Kitchen Street, Liverpool | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Mai 68 Presents | The Castle Hotel, Manchester | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Mai 68 Presents | Telford's Warehouse, Chester | |||
Jul / 2018 | • | Smithdown Road Festival | Smithdown Road Festival | |||
Jun / 2018 | • | Everton FC | Zanzibar, Liverpool | |||
May / 2018 | • | Liverpool Sound City | Liverpool, GB | |||
May / 2018 | • | Musicians Against Homelessness | St. Mary's Centre, Chester | |||
Apr / 2018 | • | Single Launch | Shipping Forecast, Liverpool | |||
Mar / 2018 | • | Shipwrecked IV with Sunstack Jones | Shipping Forecast, Liverpool | |||
Mar / 2018 | • | La Belle Epoche | Thirsty Scholar, Manchester | |||
Mar / 2018 | • | Tea Street Band | North Shore Troubadour | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | Tea Street Band | North Shore Troubador | |||
Dec / 2017 | • | BRIBES | Sound | |||
Nov / 2017 | • | Softlad Live | The Salty Dog, Northwich, GB | |||
Oct / 2017 | • | The Racket | Night & Day Cafe, Manchester, GB | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Liverpool Loves Festival | Liverpool Loves Live | |||
Aug / 2017 | • | Michael Head & Red Elastic Band | The Florrie | |||
Jul / 2017 | • | Shipwrecked | Shipping Forecast | |||
Jun / 2017 | • | Sound CIty Corporate | Constellations, Liverpool | |||
May / 2017 | • | Jam Jar Live | Jam Jar, Nottingham | |||
May / 2017 | • | GetIntoThis Deep Cuts | Buyer's Club | |||
Apr / 2017 | • | Threshold Festival | Cafe 51 | |||
Mar / 2017 | • | Shipwrecked | Shipping Forecast | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Tea Street Band | Camp and Furnace | |||
Nov / 2016 | • | Liverpool Music Week Closing Party | Meraki | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Liquidation presents.. | EBGBs | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Supporting CC Smugglers | Studio 2 | |||
Sep / 2016 | • | Pretty Green & Bido Lito! | Camp and Furnace | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | Single Launch - The Shipbuilders & Nick Ellis | Buyer's Club | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | West Kirby Live | West Kirby Tap | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Smithdown Road Festival | Liverpool | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Leaf, supporting The Treetop Flyers (Harvest Sun) | Liverpool | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Threshold Festival VI | Liverpool | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Jarg presents: UNITY | Sound, Liverpool | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Ocean Waves Launch Night | Camp & Furnace | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Supporting Hanging Stars | Buyer's Club | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Christmas Social | Zanzibar, Liverpool | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Jarg presents: UNITY | Sound, Liverpool | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | KATAMARAN | Studio 2, Liverpool | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | Freak 'n' Roll Presents | De Bees, Winsford | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Jarg Night | Sound, Liverpool | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Zig-Zag Presents | Sound, Liverpool | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Rogue Gallery Presents, Supporting Last Heart | Pilgrim | |||
Sep / 2015 | • | Supporting La Shark | Studio 2, Liverpool | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | LIMF Bandstand | LIMF Bandstand, Sefton Park | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Independent Liverpool Festival | Constellations, Liverpool | |||
Aug / 2015 | • | Liverpool Loves Festival, Pier Head | Liverpool Loves Festival | |||
May / 2015 | • | Songbook Sessions | Zanzibar | |||
May / 2015 | • | Rogue Gallery Presents | Sound, Liverpool | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | Jarg Magazine Event | Sound, Liverpool | |||
Mar / 2015 | • | Threshold Festival 2015 | Baltic Social, Liverpool | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Songbook Sessions | Zanzibar, Liverpool | |||
Sep / 2014 | • | BugBear Music | Dublin Castle, Camden |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Mai 68 Records | |||
The Moon | Single | 2022 | |
Forest Floor | Single | 2022 | |
Spring Tide | Album | 2022 | |
Hanging Me at Dawn | Single | 2020 | |
Silk Road | Single | 2019 | |
Fault Line / Wild Atlantic Way | Single | 2018 | |
Fault Line/Wild Atlantic Way | Single | 2018 |
Ocean Waves Productions | |||
Something in the Water | EP | 2017 | |
Feeling in my pocket | Single | 2016 | |
Something In The Water - EP | Single | 2016 |
The Shipbuilders | |||
Stranger's Lament | Single | 2018 |
Mai 68 Records | |||
Spring Tide | Album | 2022 |
Ocean Waves Production | |||
Feeling In My Pocket | Single | 2016 |
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 distillaion 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 in 2019. 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...