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Bloody great album... was wondering if there are any other bands with a similar sound?

TOSCS wrote:Bloody great album... was wondering if there are any other bands with a similar sound?

I love that album. I know of one or two bands that have some similarities, though they also have their differences to The Waterboys.
I recommend Oceanic Feeling by The Prayer Boat- the sound of which is part Waterboys, part Van Morrison.
Hothouse Flowers early work also has some similarities to Waterboys. One of the tracks on therir second album, "Home", features Waterboys fiddle player Steve Wickham.
If it's the fiddle playing you like, The Frames are a great band- though rockier and a lot less folky than Waterboys. Fitzcarraldo or Set List would be a good starting point.
Irish bands The Big Geraniums and The Black Velvet Band were regarded as part of the same "raggle taggle" scene as The Waterboys; I don't have albums by either (just a couple of vinyl singles lurking somewhere) so can't recommend anything in particular.

I used to have a black velvet band CD, and it was not bad but I never associated it with fisherman's blues.

TOSCS wrote:Bloody great album... was wondering if there are any other bands with a similar sound?

How about the Levellers?

Ever heard of the Candian folk rock band McGnarley's Rant? Their cd Fisherman's Pride has a similar sound. That reminds me I need to give it another spin soon.