Port O'Brien

Port O'Brien's folk-pop fits no norm. Ok, yea I understand their music is an acquired taste but lets not deny their creative sense that you can learn to appreciate. Their anthem-ish songs kinda remind me of a drunken sing-a-long that you can't help but join. They wrote their album, All We Could Do Was Sing, while living on a fishing boat hence songs like 'Stuck on a Boat' and 'Fisherman's Son.' Their album is lively and stimulating yet you can feel the somber loneliness that is expected from the sea setting where their creative juices flowed. The highlight of their album, 'Close the Lid', is epically done from a simple melody that builds-up to anthem that anyone can live by. Listen to them once, then again, and again.... I promise you'll get it!

The anthem of my life! Take a listen...