'we thank the lord' each day for the apocalypse

salty pirates ~ 'we thank the lord' each day for the apocalypse (independent, 2004)

another ep with 4-tracks from the halmstad band. on this ep we find what is - in my opinion - their best song and one of those songs that goes with you for the rest of your life.
'my academic beard' is fucking amazing. here's the lyrics (or what i understand of it):

having moved to the big city / and attending the university / i tried to grow me a beard / cause i thought would be cool if i looked academic / but the other they shot me down / at my old high school people played metal fusion jazz / me, i got depressed / that made me wanna smoke too much grass / and now the art students are competing 'bout who is most arty / and all of their hip partys they keep throwing all the time / but you're cool you'll skip school die trying / you say there's nothing nietzsche could teach ya / there's nothing nietzsche could teach ya / you're such a great thing girl...

this ep also features their most popular song 'black minds, white lies'.
also have to mention the pretty good 'i lost my virginity to the voice of per gessle' (the male part of roxette).



01. black minds, white lies
02. the alien invasion
03. i lost my virginity to the voice of per gessle
04. my academic beard

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make bombs not popsongs

salty pirates ~ make bombs not pospsongs ( independent, 2003)

a group of friends since high school from halmstad, sweden get together to make catchy-funny pop songs about some subjects that we don't see everyday in a song (seatbelts, per gessle, academy, nietzsche...)
salty pirates stands out for creating tunes like 'you got your seatbelts and cars are so save', a great combination of clever lyrics and a twee-ish feeling.
they've released 4 ep's and a couple of random songs and all were available on their site to download (unfortunately, the site no longer exists).
i could've made a compilation with their songs but i decided to create posts respecting the way the songs were made available on their website. soon, songs like 'let's spread out rumours of our own death' and 'my academic beard' - their best songs and true classics from the "underground pop" - will be available here.

in 2008, salty pirates became the weather in sweden.



01. you got seatbelts and cars are so save
02. something beautiful are ugly
03. fire deathstar, fire
04. all that glitters can be gold (pre-silence)

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