An underground celtic punk act.
Man the Lifeboats play raucous, upbeat folk music, for those who like a drink with their tunes. This London-based five-piece use an array of instruments to craft songs with big choruses that tell stories. Formed in the wake of a blistering Skinny Lister gig back in 2016, Rich, Sam, Dan, David and Aaron have taken their shared love of straight-up lyrics, pounding bass-lines, lilting mandolin and fiddle melodies and stomping beats and have created a sound that would not be out of place at a party at the end of the world. Influences? Well, up there with Skinny Lister we have the Pogues, Bellowhead, Tom Waits, Dylan, Springsteen, Frank Turner, Holy Moly & the Crackers, and of course, Chic. Throw all that in a cauldron and you end up with a blistering live experience, tales of lost evenings, ballads of doomed love and shanties about whisky-soaked nights, Michael Palin, and the end of the world. Tonic for these troubled times. Man The Lifeboats are: Rich Quarterman - Vocals, guitars, songwriting Aaron Horlock - Mandolin, accordion, guitars, vocals Sam Barker - Bass Dan Gilroy - Fiddle, Stroh violin, whistle, vocals David Vaughan - Drums, percussion, piano (photos by Evren Akozbek @ Platform64 photography)
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Man the Lifeboats play raucous, upbeat alternative folk and shanty-punk driven by pounding rhythms and traditional instrumentation.
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The five-piece band features Rich Quarterman, Aaron Horlock, Sam Barker, Dan Gilroy, and David Vaughan.
