Sharks Come Cruisin' plays an energetic mix of original and traditional sing-along songs, keeping the themes of audience participation and celebration at the center of their music and live performances. SCC has played several festivals up and down the Eastcoast, from Florida to Maine. They have played with Dropkick Murphys, The Mahones, The Tossers and Larry and His Flask.  Sharks Come Cruisin have been compared to Flogging Molly and The Pogues, and have been described as sea shanty punk, Irish punk, and folk punk.

Press Release: A Past We Forget That We Need To Know (PDF)

What we have here is unashamedly arm-in-arm, peg legged, rum drinking, all sing along together, high seas good times — Shitenonions.com

They have a really fun celebratory quality that harkens to days spent on the high seas drinking and singing with your shipmates. There are easy comparisons to bands like Dropkick Murphy’s, Flogging Molly and the like. A Past We Forgot That We Need To Know is a quite enjoyable album that will have you singing and swash-buckling 
      — Manual Dexterity Zine

So, if you like your shanties at the top of your lungs, with a ‘Gansett in one hand, and the other keeping time with the drums, Sharks Come Cruisin is the band for you.
       — Jack Tar Magazine

Lotsa banjo, fiddle, accordion, two-steppin' kinda tempos and robust, absurdly catchy shout-along choruses. And a million bands coulda fucked this up royally, but these guys sound like they're having more goddamned FUN than almost anyone I've heard this century.— the Noise, Rock Around Boston