Everyone's favorite psychedelic, balaeric jam band: Seahawks

For some time now I've really adored these guys. Paradise Freaks was dreamy, hypnotic and gorgeous. Aquadisco funky and spaced out. Vision Quest One: Spaceships Over Topanga Canyon is a total ambient freakout that has a FSOL/Boards of Canada style playfulness with oodles of atmosphere and synth tone. The combination of tropical vibe, ambient electronics, and solid groove is irresistible to me. Surprised they don't get mentioned here. The new one, Escape Hatch, uses a lot more adult contemporary style sax, but in an additive way that builds on their sound. More of that FSOL vibe from VQ1 too. This album feels like the aesthetic "vaporwave" was going for all along but never really achieved. I imagine this music being the soundtrack to a metaverse version of the tropics at night with lasers flashing in the night sky while the soft sound of waves wash upon the shore. Also their cover art is on point.

Escape Hatch is lovely. 'Valparaiso' is a definite jam. These guys are underrated.

the edits and dj mixes are good, the og stuff... not a fan

you're wrong about vaporwave, btw

seriously, though, once they stopped sampling kenny loggins and player, it just lost whatver magic it had for me and became a couple of dudes painting with color combos i didn't like. fsol comparison is a good one, aural chihuly stuff, they never got through to me and i tried many times.

so basically, in my opinion

search:
half of Ocean Trippin
most of Secrets Of The Deep
Vison Quest One
the mixes

i really want to hear Desert High Sunset Mind and Tender Abyss

I like them. "White Horses" on the latest album is a trip.

It's pretty cool Pete Fowler's one half of the group.

Big fan of this remix on Deep Haul:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1czX2zi8aluCybu4ZEzwZJ

XP Yeah, I think vaporwave is supposed to be more glitchy and digital in its repurposing of the 80's soft rock aesthetic, but the weird futuristic tropical visuals overlap with what I see while listening to stuff like Floral Shoppe.

It's pretty dreamy, tropical acid music, though. And honestly that style has a lot of lovers and haters. I'm a lover.

whoa missed this

https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Fluid-Pipe-Dreams/release/10712039

I think this is secretly one of the best songs of the past decade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipkwMZVhO0

New one with Laraaji due on June 15th.

Here's the first song they've released: https://open.spotify.com/album/4u6psSUQGuRKz7aIlVOAQW

New one hit Spotify today: https://open.spotify.com/album/498OdjmmvM8gzkWhGz29BS?si=RH-i4ZZvSKa6MaT1vbKo1w

great news! These guys are so overlooked

this new album is lovely stuff - proper New Age, the title track is making me think of Mark Barrott's "Deep Water"

i'm jamming "tears of the deep" right now, super heavy shine on you crazy diamond part i vibes

i wouldn't describe the new one as "flocculent" though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8ZVy1RJ0E

Another 1 in March. 360 YouTube video!

Nice interview with Jon Tye here

https://banbantonton.com/2020/12/15/interview-jon-tye-ocean-moon/

We’ve just put our Secrets of the Deep digital LP on our bandcamp to coincide with the release of the vinyl version available from @PiccadillyRecs @_stranger_than & all decent shops.

Go deep!https://t.co/ztRTxg2Iy7 pic.twitter.com/WuYzG0VTfq

— Seahawks (@seahawksmusic) February 19, 2021

my copy of the vinyl showed up a couple weeks ago. nice sounding pressing.

The new one is really nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKs0-12mcLA