• 14th May 2012 - T-Shirts & Store!

  Our nice new t-shirts have arrived today and we've put up the beginnings of our own little web store, which you can see here (or click on the 'store' tab to the right). x

  

• 11th May 2012 - Mini European Tour & Denovali Swingfest

  We are embarking on a mini European tour this June. You can check out the flyer and dates on our shows page, where you'll also find the new Denovali Swingfest flyer and line-up. x

• 30th April 2012 - New tracks online

  Denovali are streaming some of the tracks from the new album on their website. Track #2, 'Horse Manifesto', is up now. Check it out here. x

• 11th April 2012 - Pre-orders soon!

  Pre-orders for the new record will start on May 11th. x

• 9th April 2012 - Twitter

  We have just opened a Twitter account: @tpsquintet. We look a bit lonely at the moment. Follow us? x

• 1st April 2012 - Release Dates

  The new record will be released on Friday 25h May in mainland Europe, Japan, Australia, America and on the 28th of May in the UK. Artwork and tracklisting to come soon. x

• 2nd March 2012 - Recording & Mixing Finished!

  So we've finally finished the recording and mixing process. We've just sent the files over to Magnus in Sweden for mastering and are now working on finishing the artwork with Lucy Joy which we think is looking rather nice. More updates to come soon. x

  

• 31st January 2012 - Shows, Deadlines and Mastering

  We've just confirmed what will most likely be our first show of 2012 - supporting the Danish band Sleep Party People in Bristol. You can find more details on the shows page.

  Our fast-approaching deadline for finishing recording and mixing the new record is the end of February, at which point it will be sent to Sweden to be mastered by the lovely Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna fame.

• 16th November 2011 - New Record Label and Future Shows

  We are excited to confirm that we're planning to release a full length record with Denovali Records (homepage | facebook) in 2012. They will also be repressing the debut EP. We're looking forward to working with Denovali and planning some European tours and festivals for next year. x

• 25th October 2011 - New Rehearsal Room

  We've finally moved into a new rehearsal room, so we can begin to play and write music together again. We will also be continuing the work on the new record; at the moment we're finalising and recording guitar parts. We've taken some pictures of the room which you can see by clicking the thumbnails below, including our high-tech sound-proofing mattress that we found on the roadside. x

  

• 25th October 2011 - New Website

  Welcome to our new website! x

Before //

We are The Pirate Ship Quintet, based in Bristol, SouthWestEngland. We are five core members but have worked with numerous other musicians since our beginnings. Our Début EP was released on Sound Devastation in 2007. After several years of hiatus, the band is together and playing once again.

Now //

Five years after their début EP was released to critical acclaim, The Pirate Ship Quintet have recorded their first full length album entitled 'Rope for No-Hopers', to be pressed courtesy of Denovali Records. The record is a compendium of pieces chosen and refined from an abundance written over the past few years, during which time the band disappeared from the live scene.

The five tracks on this record move through the richly melodic foundations of contemporary classical and minimalist rock. The swelling dark atmospherics give way to moments of brute force, punctuated by low level, desperate vocals. It is a little heavier and more technically diverse than the debut E.P and feels like a considered and organic evolution of the band's method.

The band's fantastically talented cellist, who has played with the likes of The London Symphony Orchestra among others, recently accepted a full-time position with the National Orchestra of Wales which is based very close to the band's home town. With all members of the group living in the same part of the UK once more and with their own small studio in the heart of Bristol they will be writing, recording and performing consistently again.

The name of the new album evokes both solemnity and catharsis, while the track titles are references to abstract ideas and in-jokes, products of the band's notoriously dark sense of humour. 'Horse Manifesto' for example details the imagined uprising of an equine regime, bent on recompense for man's inhumane exploitation of their kind.

The record was written, performed, recorded and mixed by the band. More than ten locations were used in the recording stages including a old chapel on the banks of the River Severn, a furniture-making workshop, the offices of The Big Issue magazine and the band's current studio space. It has been mastered by Cult Of Luna drummer Magnus Lindberg in Umeå Sweden with mountains of beautiful analogue equipment.

The Pirate Ship Quintet, in its current arrangement, consists of Ziapour (bass guitar), Jona (drums), Alex (guitar), Alphie (guitar), Sandy (cello), Moo (trumpet) and Terrence (vocals). The artwork for the record was created by Lucy Joy and Jona Sturgess.

Press contact:
www.creative-eclipse.com // pr(at)creative-eclipse.com

Europe & ROW Booking agent:
www.denovali.com/booking // booking(at)denovali.com

UK Bookings:
tpsq(at)live.com

General enquiries:
info(at)thepirateshipquintet.com