British Sea Power

Editor's Review:

Sometimes there is that one song in a movie from some group you’ve never heard of that just rips your heart out and ends up making you obsessively search for the song and subsequently every song this “newly” discovered group has ever recorded. Damn near every song on this record would fit that bill had they been featured on High Fidelity or something. You don’t just tour with the likes of David Bowie, The Flaming Lips and Lou Reed by being a run-of-the-mill Brit-pop group. You’ve probably got to have a little something extra. After two releases, British Sea Power pushes the envelope of rock music a little further with a powerful and huge-sounding record that grabs its listeners’ attention right from the get-go with “Lights Out For Darker Skies.” Setting the tone for most of the record, the distant and ghostly drums butter up the equally sunken guitar work, which somehow enables the transitions and track order to propel Do You Like Rock Music? to masterpiece status.

    As the record progresses, a definite Morrissey vocal influence is massively apparent, especially in tracks like “Down On The Ground” and “A Trip Out.” With the progression, the murky ambiance never strays, even in up-tempo rockers like “Atom,” where the group’s pop sensibility emerges despite a repeated, echoed group vocal pre-chorus and bouncy rhythms.
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Record Label Rough Trade Released February 2008

Tracks All in It Lights Out for Darker Skies No Lucifer Waving Flags Canvey Island Down on the Ground A Trip Out The Great Skua Atom No Need to Cry Open the Door We Close Our Eyes

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