Artist
British Sea Power
British Sea Power is an indie artist from Brighton, England formed in 2000. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Brighton, England · Best indie albums
- 27
- Releases
- 2003–2024
- Active years
- 2000
- Formed
Artist
British Sea Power is an indie artist from Brighton, England formed in 2000. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Brighton, England · Best indie albums
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From the Sea to the Land Beyond
2013
Machineries of Joy
2013
Let The Dancers Inherit The Party
2017
Valhalla Dancehall
2010
Do You Like Rock Music?
2008
Open Season
2005
Everything Was Forever
2022
Man of Aran
2009
Do You Like Rock Music? (15th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
2024
Disco Elysium
2022
Open Season (15th Anniversary Edition)
2020
Sea of Brass
2015
Zeus EP
2010
The Decline of British Sea Power
2003
No Lucifer (Steve Lamacq In New Music We Trust Session, BBC Radio 1)
Single · 2023
Green Goddess
Single · 2022
Transmitter
Single · 2022
Two Fingers
Single · 2021
Lakeland Echo
Single · 2021
Folly
Single · 2021
Living Is So Easy
Single · 2010
No Lucifer
EP · 2008
Waving Flags (White Mischief Live Version)
Single · 2008
Waving Flags
Single · 2008
Krankenhaus?
EP · 2007
It Ended on an Oily Stage
Single · 2005
Please Stand Up
Single · 2005
Early years and The Decline of British Sea Power British Sea Power's Yan and Hamilton are brothers and were school friends with Wood in Kendal. They were in a number of bands together while at school, but after finishing his exams Yan moved to study at the University of Reading, where he met guitarist Noble, who was originally from Bury, Greater Manchester. A few years later, Hamilton and Wood joined them and formed a band. They played some gigs and produced a 4 track demo in Reading as British Air Powers, before relocating to Brighton in search of a more active music scene. "British Sea Power" was actually the name of one of these demo tracks, and was eventually reworked into "Carrion". In Brighton, BSP amassed a strong local following, due mainly to their own club night called "Club Sea Power". The club nights featured many support acts, including the Copper Family, a 200-year-old Sussex folk troupe, and other forms of entertainment such as a 1940s fashion show, and were most frequently hosted at the Freebutt and the Lift clubs. Their first single, "Fear of Drowning", was issued in limited numbers on their own Golden Chariot label. The artwork for the B side, "A Wooden Horse", bo…