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Editorial Review:
Since forming in 2000, Brighton renegades British Sea Power have firmly stomped their own path. Whether dressing up as 1930s Boy Scouts on stage, walking through their audiences beating drums or exploring the peripheries of rock music (as on their first two albums 2003’s The Decline Of British Sea Power and 2005’s Open Season) they have honed a style that’s all their own. Do You Like Rock Music? sees the band continue their uniquely exploratory approach. Enlisting producers Efrim Menuck (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and Graham Sutton (Jarvis Cocker), the band seem even more determined in their effort to create something adventurous. But despite these veteran helping hands and the towering, oppressive atmospheres that mark the introductory songs on the album–-all pounding drums, bleak rockscapes and chanting choruses–-this is a deceptively accessible record. Tunes like "Atom" and "Down on the Ground"--both heard last on the band's Krankenhaus EP)--are full of edgy BSP bombast; but Arcade Fire-esque opener "All in It," the shoegazery "Canvey Island," "Great Skua,"--and especially "Waving Flags"--are stadium-sized songs to wave your lighter around to. Then again, BSP playing it safe is still a much more convincing--not to mention entertaining--proposition than many of their conformist contemporaries. Rollickin’ stuff. --Danny McKenna
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Prog Rock comes of Age This album is another of a growing number of sophisticated, intelligent masterpieces that have all the intelligence and artistry of prog rock but without the pretentions of the first appearance of this genre. Hugh full frontal big soundscapes and in particular the crescendo of "Atom" reminicent of A Day in the Life by the Beatles including an air raid siren no less...... Play loud and just let it all wash over you.... surreal
power plus B.S.P. Saw at Latitude and no problem best new band of recent times...powerful energetic, intelligent..... on par with Grinderman
Mercury Nominated.... finally After the travesty of missing out on a Mercury Music Prize nomination for their first album The Decline Of British Sea Power, the band have finally achieved what should have happened 5 years ago with their third album Do You Like Rock Music? The album itself, whilst perhaps not quite on a par with 'The Decline...' is certainly worthy of the nomination - singles 'Waving Flags' and 'No Lucifer' should have gathered more attention sales-wise than they perhaps did (the former was Zane Lowe's 'hottest... more info
Poets in their own light Listening to this album was only my second listen to BSP other than hearing Waving Flags on the radio, as I had listened to an earlier single and not liked the sound of it. I downloaded this album immediatley (through the love of Waving Flags) and since late January have played it everynight of the week - at least once. I recently went on holiday to Crete and had no music for 1 week, I sang every song from the album all day, everyday. As soon as I got home, the album was on. This is special, without a doubt... more info
