Album Review: Slimboy – Sail On Sailor (Reissue)

Slimboy were originally born at the start of the millennium, the Basel based trio have seen and just about lived through it all from signing to a major label and touring the world, to recording albums in LA, touring with The Ataris and even courting chart success in their native Switzerland. After a brief hiatus the Swiss punk rockers are back and they are set to re-release their last album, 2017’s Sail On Sailor, on the 10th August via NiRo music, they will also be marking the occasion by undertaking a Summer European tour with US pop-punkers, MEST.

Falling Apart and Heart’s All Gone kick Sail On Sailor off with a pair of tracks that wouldn’t sound out of place on any self respecting Fat Wreck Chords release, from this point the album then heads off on a voyage across the punk rock world. Sail On Sailor veers from the turbo charged power pop of Let It Go to the heartfelt pop punk trio of Sorrows, Whatever and Believe In You, the track where the albums moniker is taken from, before they head back into well charted punk rock waters with Downfall, Freak and So-Called Unity, before Sail On Sailor reaches it’s final destination with the acoustic led track, Life Death (Ghost Of You)

Sail On Sailor is an album that embraces a range of styles from pop punk and punk rock to power pop that is all delivered with a distinctly European influence, with their latest release Slimboy made the kind of album that has something for pretty much everyone, on the flip side this also means that is highly unlikely that anyone will like every track on Sail On Sailor, but the majority of this album is smart polished punk rock that hits the spot nicely. The reissue of Slimboy‘s most recent album is one that will hopefully see them exposed to a wider audience and if you’re a fan of bands like F.O.D and For I Am then you really should check them out.

Sail On Sailor can be purchased and streamed via NiRo Music here

Slimboy‘s website can be found here