British Sea Power

To all in the Champaign-Urbana area, I urge you to get out to the Canopy club tomorrow night for the British Sea Power show.

Here is a fantastic opportunity to catch one of the truly unique British acts of the moment, who have decided (for reasons best known to themselves) to pop in and do a show in C-U on their otherwise pretty big-city-centric US tour. They had a great run at SXSW and are now working their way East.

Their third album, Do You Like Rock Music?, is just out, and has been garnering very strong reviews, and their live shows are renowned for their energy and...well...power. Their tendency to dress in WWI military garb, to drape the stage in greenery, and to write songs about ornithology and Victorian explorers and arctic ice sheets and whatnot has garnered them a reputation for eccentricity. But make no mistake about it -- these guys will rock you. They are a band, for goodness sake, whose cornet player sustained a major facial injury after jumping from the top of a 12-foot stack of amps and landing on his chin. THE CORNET PLAYER! Do you understand what I'm telling you?

Here are a couple of thier finest songs, as a teaser.

Carrion:


It Ended on an Oily Stage: