Sea Caves - Across the Water LP
Release date: November 15th 2019
Artist Information
- Label: self-released
- Genre: indie rock
- Hometown: Portland, OR
- Influences: Big Thief, El Ten Eleven, The Sea and Cake
- Sounds like: Wye Oak, Pinback, Alvvays
Biography
While Sea Caves were writing and nearly done recording their third album, Across the Water, it became apparent to founding member Shiloh Halsey that something was missing from the band. Choosing wisely not to ignore this notion, Halsey decided to fire himself as the lead singer and find someone new to fill the role.
Sydney Rohrs, meanwhile, was moving back to Portland a year after a difficult breakup. A lifelong singer who’d never had the courage to pursue music seriously, Rohrs sought to abandon her comfort zone and try something she hadn’t found the mettle to do before.
The connection was instant. Sydney re-recorded the vocals for the album transforming it into something heartfelt and impelling: a sonata of mysterious links and striking anecdotes that feels as good as it sounds. Sea Caves became a brand new band, and the album took on a whole new meaning.
An expansive and lavish victory lap, Sea Caves’ latest operates around the assumption that change is unsettling yet necessary. Referencing the oddness of moving away from people in your life and learning to understand discontent and disconnection, Sea Caves acknowledges the strangeness of everything and gets excited to move forward.
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- December 7th // Seattle, WA // Cafe Racer
- December 13th // Eugene, OR // Sam Bond's Garage
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