British Sea Power
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British Sea Power are a four-man indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band hail originally from Kendal in Cumbria
British Sea Power’s Yan, Hamilton and Wood are school friends from Kendal in Cumbria. A few years later Hamilton and Woody joined them and formed a band. They have since been joined by Abi Fry, who plays viola for the band.
In Brighton, BSP amassed a strong local following, due mainly to their own club night called “Club Sea Power”. Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records saw the band live and in September 2001 signed them to his label. 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.
It showcased a more accessible, produced sound and charted at #13 in the UK Albums Chart. Lead single “It Ended on an Oily Stage” charted at #18 in the UK Singles Chart a week earlier.
British Sea Power have a reputation for elaborate and well-thought out live shows and won the 2004 Time Out London Live Band of the Year award. At the beginning of 2006, it was announced that Eamon had left British Sea Power to concentrate on his own band Brakes . In October 2007, the band went on tour throughout the east coast of America to showcase their new 5-track EP Krankenhaus?. The band played “No Lucifer” on The Late Show with David Letterman on the 12th of March 2008.
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