| The Stormy Petrel | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Leatherface |
| Cover: | The Stormy Petrel.jpg |
| Released: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Punk rock |
| Length: | 40:23 |
| Label: | Big Ugly Fish Records |
| Prev Title: | Dog Disco |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
The Stormy Petrel is an album by the British punk rock band Leatherface.[1] [2] It was released in the UK in February 2010, their first album to be released on their own label, Big Ugly Fish Records. It was released in North America by No Idea Records.
The album takes its title from the nickname of Joseph Ray “Stormy Petrel” Hodgson who was hailed as a hero after risking his life to save others from the stormy seas that battered 19th-century Sunderland.[3]