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British Sea Power are an all-male quartet based in Brighton and district. They play amplified rock music and dress to look the part. Though courteous and hygienic when licking stamps and ordering general provisions, once placed upon the concert stage they are remarkable in their actions: quick of foot and unafraid in their movements.Originating in South Lakeland and West Yorkshire, they aim to return honour and diligence to a depleted artform. Attractively positioned exactly midway between Laibach and Belle & Sebastian, they draw inspiration from both James Osterberg and Charles Lindbergh.
Their first record, Fear Of Drowning/A Wooden Horse, was recorded for their own Golden Chariot label and released in the Spring of 2001. These recordings drew pleasing reaction from the Dutch radio network ("Bravery already exists"), while the popular press decided that, "BSP create a sound like North Sea oil rigs, isolated and dark, but with a light that burns for 24 hours."
All the while, the band have been presenting Club Sea Power, their own night at Brighton public house The Freebutt. With its pine needles, effigies of owl and heron and fully stocked beer bar, Club Sea Power has become an notable attraction for enlightened minds and off-duty railwaymen seeking sandwiches and a night out with Françoise Hardy. It was at a Club Sea Power evening that Rough Trade’s Geoff Travis happened upon the band. He immediately presented the band with a recording contract.
The first product of British Sea Power’s association with Rough Trade was the Remember Me single – available as three-track CD and two-track 7-inch vinyl. Released in December 2001 , the track listing is Remember Me, A Lovely Day Tomorrow and Birdy, songs that, collectively, alight on memory, Moravia and the mournful mewing of the seabird.
British Sea Power’s next single will be released in April 2002 and will be a double A-side consisting of tracks ‘The Lonely’ & and ‘The Spirit Of St Louis’. The former has intimate connection with the one and only Anton Hollywood. The latter features the most purposeful mispronunciation of North American place names. It also accurately reproduces what it feels like to be the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic while elemental forces from Ypsilanti claw and pummel on the windscreen.
That is it so far. Please realise that these are not intended as pretty words. These are not diverting notions to be set before the swine. Music and myth are machines for the suspension of time. These are mechanisms for which British Sea Power have a full set of keys.
British Sea Power are:
Yan, vocals/guitar
Noble, guitar
Hamilton, bass/vocals
Wood, drums
links
- British Sea Power: http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/ (official)