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US Indie bands & "The Sea "

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  • 17-02-2007 4:12pm
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    DominoDub
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    It has come to my attention over the last few years that for some reason US indie bands have developed a fascination with nautical topics like “Boats “ and the “Ocean “ .

    Be it in the subjects and lyrics of songs , or in the sea shanty style songs of many of the new-folk groups.

    Can anyone explain this ? …it could just be down to the influence of a album like Neutral Milk Hotel’s - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
    had on a new generation of post grunge bands.

    Some albums with sea based songs that come to mind are (well according to my iTunes library ):

    Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

    Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism

    Iron & Wine - The Sea & the Rhythm

    Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender

    Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney – Superwolf

    The Decemberists – all their albums .

    CocoRosie - noah's ark

    Akron/Family - Akron/Family

    The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

    M. Ward - Transistor Radio

    Mercury Rev - Secret Migration

    Can we think of any more ?


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    John
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    Maybe they're all fans of the album Ocean Songs by Dirty Three?


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    bogmanfan
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    You shouldn't forget Jason Noble. Any band he's been in or associated with - June of 44, Rachel's, Rodan, Shipping News. The guy's obsessed!


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    DadaKopf
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    Yeah, bogman, exactly what I was gonna say! Jo44 would be the most sea-o-philic band I know! 'Tropics & Meridinas', 'Engine Takes to Water', 'Four Great Points'. Ha.

    God I love all those bands and am sickened for never having seen Jo44 when they played, and Rachel's never made it here 'cos of bad weather.

    Anyway, no biggie with sea/water obsessions. It's a well-recognised, powerful psychological archetype. The sea is often used to describe the mind, its dark depths, unpredictability, immense undercurrents below a surface of calm, and so on. 'Sturm und drang' people!

    There you go, another semi-nautical band: Storm and Stress.

    Not quite so nautical, but also The Sea and Cake.


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