Æther Shanties is the 10th album by steampunk

Steampunk

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...

 band Abney Park

Abney Park (band)

Abney Park is a band based in Seattle that mixes elements of industrial dance, world music, and steampunk influenced lyrics in their work. Their name comes from Abney Park Cemetery in London...

. It is subtitled Further Trials and Tribulations of Abney Park.
It is also their second steampunk themed album.

Recording

According to an interview with Robert

Robert Brown (musician)

Robert Brown is the leader and lead vocalist of the steampunk band Abney Park. Brown was born on May 27, 1970 in Washington.-Early years:...

 the album was 95% done recording when a heatwave hit Seattle

2009 Pacific Northwest heat wave

The 2009 Pacific Northwest heat wave was a heat wave which affected the Pacific Northwest region in Oregon and Washington west of the Cascade Mountains in late July, and is well known for setting many new heat records across the area, especially breaking the previous all-time record high...

, destroying their hard-drive. This event allowed them to add the vocals of their new singer, Jody Ellen, onto the album, but delayed the release of the album for several months.

Track listing

1. "Under the Radar" – 2:58
2. "Building Steam" – 4:00
3. "Until the Day You Die" – 2:46
4. "My Life" – 3:05
5. "Wanderlust" – 2:53
6. "Throw Them Overboard" – 3:15
7. "The Derelict
   Dead Man's Chest
   "Dead Man's Chest" is a fictional sea-song originally from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island . It was expanded in a poem, titled Derelict by Young E. Allison, published in the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1891...
   
   " – 3:17
8. "Victoria" – 4:43
9. "Æther Shanty" – 2:48
10. "The Clock Yard" – 3:26
11. "Too Far To Turn Back" – 3:21

Personnel

• Robert Brown
  Robert Brown (musician)
  Robert Brown is the leader and lead vocalist of the steampunk band Abney Park. Brown was born on May 27, 1970 in Washington.-Early years:...
  
   – songs, vocals, darbuka
  Goblet drum
  The goblet drum is a hand drum with a goblet shape used mostly in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe....
  
  , diatonic button accordion
  Accordion
  The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
  
  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , bouzouki
  Bouzouki
  The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
  
  
• Kristina Erickson – keyboards, piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Nathaniel Johnstone – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  
• Daniel Cederman – bass
  Electric Bass
  Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
  
  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  
• Jody Ellen – secondary vocals