Three Swedes and an American bring border less music of an uncanny kind to ears alive. Devin Gray's propelling skins ebb, sway, stagger, and tumble; Joel Grip's woody double bass creaks and moans and pummels buffeted like a tallship caught in a gale; Niklas Barnö slices streaks of pilfered lightning via trumpet and lungs; and Lars Åhlund navigates a wary course through some major double-vision with a saxophone that quits for no man. The Jolly-Boat Pirates are a high-energy collective bent on domination of the seas or a busted dingy - whichever comes first.
