Video: Port O'Brien - Love Me Through

What you may not have gotten from watching these videos is that front man Van Pierszalowski used to be a fisherman, spending his summers fishing salmon off the coast of Alaska’s Kodiak Island. Listening to songs, this seemingly arbitrary fact makes perfect sense as the songs do have a shanty-like quality about them, and much of Port O’Brien’s earlier work directly addresses Van’s life as a fisherman. The experience comes through much less often in lyrics nowadays, but it still resides firmly in their sound and will most likely continue to influence their future efforts....

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