British Sea Power's 2003 debut album was a fascinating post-punk-inspired set that sparked artful originality and thought-provoking emotion. Their follow-up, Open Season, does the same but it's much more of a streamlined affair. Open Season is virtually a 45-minute waltz of lilting string arrangements and dreamy vocals while acoustic and electric guitars chase the album's quiet golden tones. A theme of the great outdoors makes it a relaxed occasion from start to finish; the 11 songs featured aren't a schoolbook interpretation on life's hardships as much as they are a reflection on the confusion (and love) of nature. Frontman Yan and his brother Hamilton remain charming eccentrics, but this time they're poetic with their stoic, overcast outlook on modern life. The question Yan seems to ask throughout Open Season is whether or not life is really crap. Commencing with the copper-toned "It Ended on an Oily Stage," Yan softly croons, "We found God in a parking lot." He ponders whether the experience was actually real, and if it has ever happened to anyone. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?," an emotional seesaw of crunchy guitars and sheeting percussion, is oddly comfortable with the album's continuous mental inquisitions. The bird echoes of "Please Stand Up" match the ice-capped perils of "Oh Larsen B," maintaining the album's rich affections. Some might think that the five Cumbrian intellectuals have made their shining pop moment with this record despite British Sea Power making it quite obvious on The Decline of... that they're anything but a pop band. British Sea Power's smart approach on Open Season showcases a band in progress. This album feels alive and breathes honesty. Such an impression once again makes way for British Sea Power to stand apart from their counterparts (Doves, Coldplay, South).
In the midst of hellish I-can't-deal-with-you-people-and-your-bizarre-Dilbert-boss-think type day, I started listening to "Oh Larson B". If only I could come up with some pithy NewSpeak Orwellian phrasing, but I'm not good at pith. For now DilbertBossThink will have to do. Somehow there's something very soothing about this song and the image of a giant ice floe breaking off the Atlantic Circle a
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Origin; Brighton,UK Years active; 2000–present Label; Rough Trade Records Website; britishseapower.co.uk . Remember Me .The Decline of British Sea Power, the band's debut album, was released in June 2003 to critical acclaim. A single from the album, "Carrion", became the band's first Top 40 single. The album only charted in the lower reaches of the UK Album Chart but turned out to be a word of.
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Origin; Brighton,UK Years active; 2000–present Label; Rough Trade Records Website; britishseapower.co.uk . Remember Me .The Decline of British Sea Power, the band's debut album, was released in June 2003 to critical acclaim. A single from the album, "Carrion", became the band's first Top 40 single. The album only charted in the lower reaches of the UK Album Chart but turned out to be a word of.
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In the midst of hellish I-can't-deal-with-you-people-and-your-bizarre-Dilbert-boss-think type day, I started listening to "Oh Larson B". If only I could come up with some pithy NewSpeak Orwellian phrasing, but I'm not good at pith. For now DilbertBossThink will have to do. Somehow there's something very soothing about this song and the image of a giant ice floe breaking off the Atlantic Circle a
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Renewed Admiration For British Sea PowerCheck them out when you get a chance.Arpit.AM Music Blog
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| 1 It Ended on an Oily Stage |
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| 2 Be Gone |
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| 3 How Will I Ever Find My Way Home? |
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| 4 Like a Honeycomb |
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| 5 Please Stand Up |
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| 6 North Hanging Rock |
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| 7 To Get to Sleep |
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| 8 Victorian Ice |
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| 9 Oh Larsen B |
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| 10 The Land Beyond |
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| 11 True Adventures |
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