Decline of British Sea Power - Historical Analysis & Impact on Global Trade | Maritime History Book for Students & Researchers
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'The Decline of British Sea Power' is the long awaited debut album (after 3 precursory singles on Rough Trade) for one of the most innovative, visionary bands of our time. Pigeonholers may be quick to note the passing resemblance to the more adrenalized elements of late 70's/early 80's new wave, from Joy Division to Magazine but there's also a sublime undercurrent of romantic nostalgia for wind-up wirelesses & discontinued bombers here too. Includes the previous singles 'Remember Me' & 'The Lonely' plus forthcoming singles 'Carrion' & 'Fear of Drowning'. 11 tracks packaged in digipak format. Rough Trade. 2003.
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Firtsly the music. Wow. Almost pure power with many tracks - even the quiet ones - reaching an intensity level that is very rare.Comparisons. Joy Division? I got their first album when it came out; BSB are no Joy Division. A few of the professional reviewers have compared the 'ferocity' of track 2 to Joy Divison but nothing else - and I missed them when they played at the Warehouse in Preston, UK (which is the album you need to assess their raw power). Bowie? This is clutching at straws. I bought the first umpteen Bowie albums when they came out, watched the concerts etc; this is not Bowie. The Pixies!?! I can hear a lot of folks in the UK say 'who they'. I do know and frankly there isn't a comparison. And you can forget Coldplay and Radiohead.One of the things I did find interesting is all bar th elonger track on the album has been released as a single. Some 'A' sides, some 'B' sides and some 'bonus CD only' tracks. The A sides are the 'quieter' tracks paired of with some of the intense tracks. Check out their web site www,britishseapower.co.uk to see.Comparisons. They are not Bowie, or - soundwise - Joy Division (power maybe), they are certainly not Coldplay or Radiohead. And forget the Pixies. The UK is tiny; people get a lot ofdifferent musical influences. I could make an argument for the variety being akin to that of Coral; the drumming on some tracks being akin to Elbow; the melodies on some tracks being like Travis or even James or Jesus Jones - and do a far better job than people who suggest Bowie or Coldplay. Some parts of some tracks remind me of things that were happening in the UL in the 60s - Sid Barrett (pink floyd), Peter Greene (FleetwoodMac), King Crimson etc were emerging atthe same time as Fairport Convention etc. Whilst main stream it was Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones. If this was then would people be saying how The Who were an up and coming Beatles like band. Pick a band; lLook hard enough you could well find a few chords to support your assertion.Bottomline: wow. A lot of good new bands out there but BSP are Impressive with a power running through all of their tracks.
