Ahoy, landlubbers! Swedish sea marauders Ye Banished Privateers are here to rock the boat with their brand-new single “Raise Your Glass”, the second taken from their sixth full-length album ´Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead, out on April 11, 2025 via Napalm Records. “Raise Your Glass” is a raucous sea shanty, bursting with the lively clatter of accordion, soaring fiddles, and stomping rhythms.
Anchored by raspy, whisky-soaked vocals and exuberant group choruses, the song invites you to join in the boozy maritime revelry. The track is accompanied by a stirring official music video, unveiling a fully immersive world of pirate action. Alongside the video, the band has additionally released a “choose your own adventure” interactive version of the music video. So have a look yourself, would you have done things differently…? Bellows and his crew are waiting for you!
Following their monumental performance at Wacken Open Air 2023 and blockbuster tour in 2024, the beloved renegades invite fans on a thrilling journey through the lives of 18th-century sailors on ´Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead. The album masterfully blends poignant ballads and raucous anthems, weaving tales of camaraderie, loss, and fleeting joy against the relentless backdrop of the open sea. Ye Banished Privateers will be on tour throughout the year. This autumn, they will head out with pagan folk band Faun – more info can be found on the band’s website.
Ye Banished Privateers on “Raise Your Glass”: “This jolly sing-a-long drinking song portrays how the filthy crew of Ye Banished Privateers finds friends (and drinks) wherever they show up. We look forward to playing this live to have you all sing and drink with us!”
Opening the journey is “The Cranker”, a darkly captivating tale of cursed sailors spiraling into a frenetic dance. Tracks like “Raise Your Glass” bursts with the clatter of tambourines and whiskey-soaked choruses, inviting listeners to join a boisterous maritime revelry. Meanwhile, “Waves Away”, a sorrowful yet beautiful ballad that captures the bittersweet essence of life at sea and “As The Tree Falls” is a haunting maritime ballad of love, loss, and fate and acoustic textures to explore themes of love and loss. The full range and variation of the sea – stormy, shallow and romantic – captured in one album.
More than 15 years have passed since the band was founded after a drunken night at a pirate themed floating bar in the middle of their Swedish hometown, Umeå. After successfully gaining fame across the seas around the world, they now have a bunch of buccaneers following their every move. These free looters can look forward to experiencing these powerful tracks live during the band’s electrifying April 2025 tour. With their immersive storytelling, raw energy, and deeply moving performances, Ye Banished Privateers are set to transform each venue into a vessel of high-seas adventure. Prepare to be swept away by a musical odyssey that brings the spirit of the ocean to life, one shanty at a time.
Ye Banished Privateers say about the album: “We wrote this album as a haunting voyage through the precarious lives of 18th-century sailors, exploring the omnipresence of death and loss on the open seas. The twelve tracks weave together tales of tragedy, camaraderie, and fleeting triumphs, highlighting the sailors’ resilience in the face of their ephemeral existence. ‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead is a lament for those lost to the depths and a meditation of gallows humour on the fragility of life under the shadow of the mast.”
‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead will be available in the following formats:
– 1LP Black Vinyl with 2 Lyrics Sheets
– 1CD Digisleeve
– 200 “Ye Banished Privateers” Flasks available with bundle option to the CD and LP Edition – (Exclusively at Napalm Records Mailorder!)
– Digital Album – (Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive)
Pre-order here.
‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead tracklisting:
“The Cranker”
“Waves Away”
“A Final Toast For Oliver Cromwell”
“Raise Your Glass”
“A Hardworking Crew”
“As The Tree Falls”
“Whydah Galley”
“Chained Below”
“Ships Lost At Sea”
“Here’s To The Royal Navy”
“Mates Together”
“Sailmaker’s Song”
“Raise Your Glass” video:
“Chained Below” video:
Ye Banished Privateers are:
Anders “Nobility” Nyberg – cembalo, miniature piano, lead vocals
Anton “Quinton Taljenblock” Teljebäck – viola pomposa, fiddle, cello, kalimba, mandolin, pump organ, death whistle
Björn “Bellows” Malmros – squeezebox, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica, lead vocals
Eva “The Navigator” Maaherra Lövheim – violin and vocals
Evelina “Harpy” Rolon – harp, vocals
Frida “Freebird af Wærmaland” Granström – violin, viola, vocals
Hampus “Monkey Boy” Holm – flipped bass drum, percussion, vocals
Ina “Battery” Molin – cajon, marimba, timpani, tubular bells, vocals
Jens “Shanghai” Tzan Choong – 5-string banjo, sitar, guitar, vocals
Jim “Silent Jim” Sundström – mandolino, mandola, lead vocals
Jonas “Hogeye McGinn” Nilsson – 5-string banjo, guitar, vocals
Lovisa “Quick Fhinn” Fhinn – cajon, bodhrán, marching drum, timpani, spoons, jaw harp, lead vocals
Magda “Magda Malvina Märlprim, also Magpie by repute” Andersson – lute guitar, lead vocals
Martin “Scurvy Ben” Gavelin – cajon, darbuka, percussion, vocals
Peter “Quartermaster Blackpowder Pete” Mollwing – lead vocals
Richard “Old Red” Larsson – ukulele bass, guitar, vocals
Stina “Filthylocks” Hake – whistles, lead vocals
William “Shameless Will” Hallin – vocals
(Photo – Ismael García)
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Anchored by raspy, whisky-soaked vocals and exuberant group choruses, the song invites you to join in the boozy maritime revelry. The track is accompanied by a stirring official music video, unveiling a fully immersive world of pirate action. Alongside the video, the band has additionally released a “choose your own adventure” interactive version of the music video. So have a look yourself, would you have done things differently…? Bellows and his crew are waiting for you!
Following their monumental performance at Wacken Open Air 2023 and blockbuster tour in 2024, the beloved renegades invite fans on a thrilling journey through the lives of 18th-century sailors on ´Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead. The album masterfully blends poignant ballads and raucous anthems, weaving tales of camaraderie, loss, and fleeting joy against the relentless backdrop of the open sea. Ye Banished Privateers will be on tour throughout the year. This autumn, they will head out with pagan folk band Faun – more info can be found on the band’s website.
Ye Banished Privateers on “Raise Your Glass”: “This jolly sing-a-long drinking song portrays how the filthy crew of Ye Banished Privateers finds friends (and drinks) wherever they show up. We look forward to playing this live to have you all sing and drink with us!”
Opening the journey is “The Cranker”, a darkly captivating tale of cursed sailors spiraling into a frenetic dance. Tracks like “Raise Your Glass” bursts with the clatter of tambourines and whiskey-soaked choruses, inviting listeners to join a boisterous maritime revelry. Meanwhile, “Waves Away”, a sorrowful yet beautiful ballad that captures the bittersweet essence of life at sea and “As The Tree Falls” is a haunting maritime ballad of love, loss, and fate and acoustic textures to explore themes of love and loss. The full range and variation of the sea – stormy, shallow and romantic – captured in one album.
More than 15 years have passed since the band was founded after a drunken night at a pirate themed floating bar in the middle of their Swedish hometown, Umeå. After successfully gaining fame across the seas around the world, they now have a bunch of buccaneers following their every move. These free looters can look forward to experiencing these powerful tracks live during the band’s electrifying April 2025 tour. With their immersive storytelling, raw energy, and deeply moving performances, Ye Banished Privateers are set to transform each venue into a vessel of high-seas adventure. Prepare to be swept away by a musical odyssey that brings the spirit of the ocean to life, one shanty at a time.
Ye Banished Privateers say about the album: “We wrote this album as a haunting voyage through the precarious lives of 18th-century sailors, exploring the omnipresence of death and loss on the open seas. The twelve tracks weave together tales of tragedy, camaraderie, and fleeting triumphs, highlighting the sailors’ resilience in the face of their ephemeral existence. ‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead is a lament for those lost to the depths and a meditation of gallows humour on the fragility of life under the shadow of the mast.”
‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead will be available in the following formats:
– 1LP Black Vinyl with 2 Lyrics Sheets
– 1CD Digisleeve
– 200 “Ye Banished Privateers” Flasks available with bundle option to the CD and LP Edition – (Exclusively at Napalm Records Mailorder!)
– Digital Album – (Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive)
Pre-order here.
‘Til The Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead tracklisting:
“The Cranker”
“Waves Away”
“A Final Toast For Oliver Cromwell”
“Raise Your Glass”
“A Hardworking Crew”
“As The Tree Falls”
“Whydah Galley”
“Chained Below”
“Ships Lost At Sea”
“Here’s To The Royal Navy”
“Mates Together”
“Sailmaker’s Song”
“Raise Your Glass” video:
“Chained Below” video:
Ye Banished Privateers are:
Anders “Nobility” Nyberg – cembalo, miniature piano, lead vocals
Anton “Quinton Taljenblock” Teljebäck – viola pomposa, fiddle, cello, kalimba, mandolin, pump organ, death whistle
Björn “Bellows” Malmros – squeezebox, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica, lead vocals
Eva “The Navigator” Maaherra Lövheim – violin and vocals
Evelina “Harpy” Rolon – harp, vocals
Frida “Freebird af Wærmaland” Granström – violin, viola, vocals
Hampus “Monkey Boy” Holm – flipped bass drum, percussion, vocals
Ina “Battery” Molin – cajon, marimba, timpani, tubular bells, vocals
Jens “Shanghai” Tzan Choong – 5-string banjo, sitar, guitar, vocals
Jim “Silent Jim” Sundström – mandolino, mandola, lead vocals
Jonas “Hogeye McGinn” Nilsson – 5-string banjo, guitar, vocals
Lovisa “Quick Fhinn” Fhinn – cajon, bodhrán, marching drum, timpani, spoons, jaw harp, lead vocals
Magda “Magda Malvina Märlprim, also Magpie by repute” Andersson – lute guitar, lead vocals
Martin “Scurvy Ben” Gavelin – cajon, darbuka, percussion, vocals
Peter “Quartermaster Blackpowder Pete” Mollwing – lead vocals
Richard “Old Red” Larsson – ukulele bass, guitar, vocals
Stina “Filthylocks” Hake – whistles, lead vocals
William “Shameless Will” Hallin – vocals
(Photo – Ismael García)
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