I’ve recommended The Outlaw Ocean to countless friends for a multitude of reasons — it’s a wonderful read, as interesting as a fictional novel about the high seas, but all real with activist calls to action. The way Ian has shed light on such unknown and overlooked issues through an anecdotal method of presentation left me thoroughly invested in the book - I wanted to never stop reading. I feel it’s so important to further your knowledge and become aware of such issues. Without Ian’s journalism, I would’ve never known many of these human and legal rights abuses, nor the extent of environmental impact. 

Personally, I really latched on to the mistreatment of workers shown in The Outlaw Ocean. I tried to capture this emotion of dismal hopelessness and twisted manipulation that lead to some of the awful situations they were victim to in my tracks. Everything down to the titles of the tracks were chosen with this in mind. Additionally, one of the sounds played throughout nearly the entire EP is a clip of workers chanting a rhythm as they pull in a fishnet in the dark and cold night. It was so representative of the emotions I felt for them and the conditions they were trapped in. 

Traditionally, I would say straight facts is how most would likely consume content of this nature. However, presenting it additionally through artistic and musical form imprints these stories on people emotionally and makes The Outlaw Ocean Music Project as a whole all the more powerful

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