Can’t Look Away

It’s New Music Monday. An occasional series, which I just thought up because alliteration is the future.

Seafret are back (you may remember them from such posts as Wildfire and Atlantis) with a new song, a new EP and a new tour which once again sadly omits the entirety of the African continent.

The music, thankfully, is readily available worldwide. Here’s their latest offering, Can’t Look Away:

(and on Spotify).

My daughter and I remain South Africa’s biggest Seafret fans.

As far as we’re aware, anyway.

Acoustic Wildfire

It was on or about this time last year that the Huge Cape Town Fire Of Twenty Fifteen was finally extinguished. And that seems as tenuous good a reason as any to share this acoustic version of Bridlington duo Seafret’s single Wildfire:

For the original, with its psychologically-challenging video, you’ll need to read this post from last year.

Lovely.

Wildfire

Another new video from Seafret – just in time for Christmas.
Here are the moving pictures which accompany their new single Wildfire. Great tune.

I wonder if it will work? I wonder if we will ever find out?
If it does, my money is on the Barcelona / Manchester combination.

She needs a bit more excitement in her life, and it’s either the beardie from Barcelona or a beagle.

I hope they get together. For her sake.

Pre-order the upcoming album here. (I have)
Read Arthur Aron’s methodology and preliminary findings on The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness here. (I’ll get there)

Tell Me It’s Real

I’ve been following Bridlington-based duo Seafret for a while now, and they’ve made it onto the blog on several (or more) occasions, so I was delighted to learn that they have finally sorted a release date for their debut album Tell Me It’s Real.

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And that release date is 29th January 2016. Say Jack and Harry (for it is they):

Each song on the album expresses a different part of this amazing journey we’ve been on so far. From moving from our little town in Yorkshire to the big smoke, missing home and loved ones and meeting some amazing people on the way.

And that January release cunningly leaves them safely out of the extremely challenging running for the 2015 6000 miles… Album of the Year award (a-ha, Dry The River, Ludovico Einaudi et al.), while also putting them as early frontrunners for the 2016 version. Clever.

Listen to Sinking Ship – my favourite track – here, and/or enjoy widespread pre-orderage options are available on their website. Heads up: it’s R99.99 on SA iTunes – that’s less than half the £9.99 UK price.

Seafret busking in London tomorrow

It’s one of those “Dammit. Why am I here, not there?” moments.

But yes, Bridlington acoustic pop duo Seafret (you may remember them from such posts as Seafret – Oceans and Atlantis) are playing 4 venues in the Big Smoke tomorrow (Friday 21st August) afternoon:

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Says their Facebook page:

Who’s going to join us when we hit the streets of London on Friday? We’ll be busking in Covent Garden at 12.00, Trafalgar Square at 14.00, Denmark Street at 16.00 and Southbank Centre at 18.00.

Bit of a trip for me, sadly, but if you’re lucky enough to be in London and have the time to spare, they’re well worth a listen. Say hi from me.