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Sea Fever - Folding Lines [SF001LP UK 2021 24-Bit FLAC]

After a run of five virtual singles in 2021, Sea Fever finally delivered a tangible product. Unless you participated in the Manchester live music scene, Sea Fever could well have passed you by as the band had to rely on word of mouth, social media and a very difficult period for live music to find an audience. Folding Lines finally came out late last year to spark further interest, although it is likely sales may have been polarised around north western Britain.

Frontman Iwan Gronow was once in Mancunian indie-rockers Haven (who disappeared after two albums in the early noughties), the pixie-like Beth Cassidy was one of two Cassidy offspring spawned into the revitalised Section 25 around about the same time. Phil Cunningham is best known as the guitarist who joined New Order to cover for Gillian ...then stuck around, Tom Chapman tightened up his bass strings to fill the shoes of Peter Hook in New order more recently. Stephen Morris from New Order also gets a random drumming credit on the sleeve notes.

Sea Fever make modern electronic indie-rock and these ten tracks are the culmination of a year's work of lockdown recording sessions and very occasional live sets. Although possibly not built to last, the ensemble have generated an enjoyable electronic rock listen much akin to bands like Pure Reason Revolution.

A1 Crossed Wires

A2 Under Duress

A3 Afterthought

A4 Built To Last

A5 Folding Lines

B1 Satellite

B2 Le Coup

B3 De Facto

B4 The Finder

B5 Programme Your Life