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Dead Smiling Pirates

By Keith Hannaleck

Artist: Dead Smiling Pirates
Title: Dead Smiling Pirates
Genre: Rock-Punk
Label: Independent
Website: http://DeadSmilingPirates.com
Purchase this CD: CD Baby

They're dead pirates, but they are smiling…so what’s up with that? Ok what they really are is a rock-punk outfit from over the hills and far away, more specifically form Copenhagen Denmark. Dead Smiling Pirates are an authoritative trio consisting of Kim Burmeister (vocals/guitars), Erik Aaberg (drums), and Lasse Hansen (bass).

On their self-titled debut, they have a little more emphasis on the punk and attitude than the power trio aspect of it all and their CD speaks for itself through eleven tracks that hammer home their tongue in cheek lyrics.

This is high-energy music with more than suggestive lyrics, they just come right out and say it like with “Bite Your Chin,” “Kim Possible,” and “Get Hammered With You.” These lyrics really do not need any further explanation do they? I like this band, their sound, and the balls to just come right out and say what they feel in their lyrics, with not to mention some great loud music with hooks all over the place to bring it on home.

I think this band can go places if the keep things as they are, three members playing straight up hard driving punk rock music. Sometimes they only thing your heart desires is no frills and some good clean (well that is debatable) fun turned up as loud as it can go with the windows rolled down. Now that is unadulterated freedom through music and this band can deliver the goods.

Reviewed - January 8, 2007

Tracks:

01. Strictly Ballroom
02. Workaholic Boys
03. Stealing Milk From The Kids
04. Calypso King
05. Grounded
06. Different Place
07. Bite Your Chin
08. Worlds Apart
09. I 18
10. Kim Possible
11. Get Hammered With You

About the Author:

Keith Hannaleck, known as “MuzikMan” is a Journalist specializing in independent and major music reviews and the promotion of artists via the various media outlets flourishing online. He has worked closely with artists, management, publicity directors, and webmasters to provide some of the best and far-reaching coverage an artist could have. Focusing primarily on the internet as a medium for his work, Keith has been a pioneer in the industry changing the way a reviewer with his various talents are used by many artists, PR folks, and labels. He has provided strong and valuable work to labels, artists, and publicity people, writing reviews, press releases, and biographies and much more over the years, giving the people he works with the maximum amount of exposure through several top-notch websites that post his content on their sites.

Hannaleck built and maintained his own website in 1998 while networking and building his reputation through thousands of reviews and interviews, creating a special niche for himself. Through many years of dedication and hard work, he has reached a respected level of competence and knowledge that is frequently sought by the music industry today. Known for his speaking from the heart interpretations of music and being able to put it in layman’s terms for music fans, his work is found everywhere in cyberspace and in traditional print media, from press kits to quotes from reviews in magazine advertisements.