British Sea Power, Brighton-based rock ensemble, are proud to announce their first single for Rough Trade Records. These recordings will be accompanied by live performances of uncommon valour and, who knows, maybe, an exciting live-firing exercise off Dymchurch Beach.
The band's new record consists of three tracks - Remember Me, A Lovely Day Tomorrow and Birdy. These three songs, respectively, touch on the cerebral cortex, Central Europe and the Common Gull. This record follows their debut, Fear Of Drowning/A Wooden Horse, which appeared on the band's own Golden Chariot imprint. The popular press accurately compared this remarkable release to "A Force Ten gale on the peak of Scafell Pike."
Biography
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 James Osterberg, Charles Lindbergh and the works of mesmerist, pleasure-ground manager, magic lanternist and pioneer film-maker George Albert Smith.
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 radio programmers, 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 monthly night, alternating between Brighton venues The Lift and 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 is the Remember Me single - available as three-track CD and two-track 7-inch vinyl. In full, the recordings are Remember Me, A Lovely Day Tomorrow and Birdy, songs that, collectively, alight on memory, Moravia and the mournful mewing of the seabird.
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, drumsVisit our news and on tour pages for current activities