Man the Lifeboats

Man the Lifeboats play raucous, upbeat folk music, for those who like a drink with their tunes. This London-based five-piece use an array of instruments to craft songs with big choruses that tell stories. 
 Formed in the wake of a blistering Skinny Lister gig back in 2016, Rich, Sam, Dan, David and Aaron have taken their shared love of straight-up lyrics, pounding bass-lines, lilting mandolin and fiddle melodies and stomping beats and have created a sound that would not be out of place at a party at the end of the world. 
 Influences? Well, up there with Skinny Lister we have the Pogues, Bellowhead, Tom Waits, Dylan, Springsteen, Frank Turner, Holy Moly & the Crackers, and of course, Chic. 
 Throw all that in a cauldron and you end up with a blistering live experience, tales of lost evenings, ballads of doomed love and shanties about whisky-soaked nights, Michael Palin, and the end of the world. 
 Tonic for these troubled times. 
 
 Man The Lifeboats are: Rich Quarterman - Vocals, guitars, songwriting Aaron Horlock - Mandolin, accordion, guitars, vocals Sam Barker - Bass Dan Gilroy - Fiddle, Stroh violin, whistle, vocals David Vaughan - Drums, percussion, piano 
 (photos by Evren Akozbek @ Platform64 photography)