The Longest Johns - Cures What Ails Ya (2020)

Artist: The Longest Johns
Title: Cures What Ails Ya
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Self-released
Genre: Alternative Folk
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 39:52
Total Size: 92 / 260 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Cures What Ails Ya
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Self-released
Genre: Alternative Folk
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 39:52
Total Size: 92 / 260 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Hoist up the Thing (2:49)
02. Bonny Ship the Diamond (4:04)
03. Four Hours (2:18)
04. Fire & Flame (2:28)
05. Round the Cape (2:47)
06. Ashes (3:21)
07. The Last Bristolian Pirate (3:31)
08. Oak & Ash & Thorn (4:09)
09. The Banks of the Lee (4:40)
10. Moby Duck (2:44)
11. Got No Beard (2:52)
12. Here's a Health to the Company (4:10)
If no-one has done more than Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends to repopularise sea shanties in recent years, then surely no-one has done more than Bristol’s Longest Johns to give them an alt-folk makeover, pull them into the twenty-first century and make them cool.
Cures What Ails Ya is the Longest Johns’ third album. Building on the impact of the first two, Written in Salt released in 2016 and Between Wind and Water released in 2018, the Longest Johns began attracting a dedicated online following that consisted of a quirky but thoroughly modern combination of folk enthusiasts and internet gamers. Collaborating with the creators of suitably-themed games like ‘Sea of Thieves’ the group’s online content has helped them garner over 70.000 YouTube subscribers and upwards of 7.3 million streams by the time this, their third album, is released.
But what of the music? I just love it! An upbeat album as teeming with feel-good vibes and irreverent takes as it is with maritime hardship and folk tradition, Cures What Ails Ya is just beautifully held together with the rich harmonising voices of the four members and, in places, some suitably lovely accompanying instrumentation. Song-wise, there’s a real mix – from standards like ‘Bonny Ship The Diamond’ and ‘Oak and Ash and Thorn’ to new original songs like the wryly tongue-in-cheek ‘Hoist Up The Thing’ and ‘The Last Bristolian Pirate’ which manages to name-check Tescos.
Cures What Ails Ya is the Longest Johns’ third album. Building on the impact of the first two, Written in Salt released in 2016 and Between Wind and Water released in 2018, the Longest Johns began attracting a dedicated online following that consisted of a quirky but thoroughly modern combination of folk enthusiasts and internet gamers. Collaborating with the creators of suitably-themed games like ‘Sea of Thieves’ the group’s online content has helped them garner over 70.000 YouTube subscribers and upwards of 7.3 million streams by the time this, their third album, is released.
But what of the music? I just love it! An upbeat album as teeming with feel-good vibes and irreverent takes as it is with maritime hardship and folk tradition, Cures What Ails Ya is just beautifully held together with the rich harmonising voices of the four members and, in places, some suitably lovely accompanying instrumentation. Song-wise, there’s a real mix – from standards like ‘Bonny Ship The Diamond’ and ‘Oak and Ash and Thorn’ to new original songs like the wryly tongue-in-cheek ‘Hoist Up The Thing’ and ‘The Last Bristolian Pirate’ which manages to name-check Tescos.