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A true classic.
Four friends who have known each other for ages are playing music together. They listen to the same records and watch the same movies--they learn from each other and teach each other.
What is even more important is this: They fight their cause together. In this band, no musicians have been replaced like it has become common practice recently.
THE SEA take their time. This is romantic in a way. Kind of old-school. Their music can be described in quite a similar way.
If THE SEA were tourist guides to their own music, they would ask that you tumble freely, without a care, through the complexity of their songs. You would find that it's the radical contradictions within the music that make it unforgettable--sounds that don't seem to belong together at first listen, and a singer who at first sight seems to belong in another decade.
THE SEA create a unique musical aesthetic that further exposes these seeming contradictions--the simple and the complex combined to create a sound that could easiest be compared to early Prefab Sprout played through the lenses of 90s indie rock. The whole thing is backed by a performance free of any irony, which makes it an even deeper experience.
Musicology or fussy instrumental skills would surely only obstruct this band; that is why THE SEA come across surprisingly playful. Clearly not everyone's cup of tea, but that too is perfectly okay.
[Peter Tiedeken/The Robocop Kraus]
MONDRIAN, Sep 30, 2008:
Green, Mar 28, 2008:
You guys are awesome. Keep up the good tunes!
mainstage, Mar 20, 2008:
ooh hallo hallo!
schönste grüße
Siva., Jan 11, 2008:
hej ihr verrückten hühner
alles gute für das neue jahr und bis bald hoffentlich!
andreas // siva.
syn*error, Jan 9, 2008:
Mais, c'est avec plaisir! [irgendwie so]
spielt doch mal in berlin, ich würd mich freuen.
SITUATION LECLERQ, Jan 9, 2008:
hallo neue freunde!
schönes ding!
lieben gruss,
situation leclerq
my sister grenadine, Jan 5, 2008:
allright allright
ick freu mir!
Miyagi, Jan 2, 2008:
vielen dank für die freundschaftsanfrage. sehr schöne musik, die ihr da macht. vor allem die stimme ist echt schön... erinnnert mich stark an irgendwas zwischen blur und den guten alten smith... schöne grüße nach hamburg. vielleicht sieht man sich ja mal in hamburg, würd mich freuen.
schöne grüße ausm münsterland
elefants, Jan 1, 2008:
Wir bedanken uns recht herzlich für das Freundschaftsinteresse und bestätigen gerne. elefants
sometree, Jan 1, 2008:
hey,
vielen dank die anfrage. schön eure musik kennen zu lernen. vieleicht sieht hört man sich ja mal.
auf bald und frohes neues
alex