Heaven Knows Magnolia

Description

By The Sea come from the lineage of firework pop, bursts of colour and squeeze-your-hand intense love aligned with grey skies & work things.

Recall the first time you heard The Chills Pink Frost or Television Personalities How I Learned To Live The Bomb? Thats the encounter.

Liam Power formed By The Sea in 2011, the bands debut single Waltz Away coming out on The Great Pop Supplement label that year. In November 2012 the band released their self-titled album through DellOrso and GPS. The NME noted how there was a beautifully bruised element to this Wirral acts debut from the subdued, morbid production to Liam Powers heroically battle-weary vocals.

They have also often been tagged for their kitchen-sink dramas though theyre more akin to something like Wish You Were Here, both funny and dark without being maudlin. Theres an end of pier melancholy to By The Sea records though, something more than a scribble of sentiment on a souvenir postcard.

For their second LP Endless Days, Crystal Skies the band turned over production duties to their friend Bill Ryder-Jones (formerly of The Coral) and released that bounty of melodic pop in 2014. Its a partnership they have retained for the new third album Heaven Knows Magnolia released on limited purple vinyl, CD and digital formats on October 21st. The song Bedbound Melodies is also a co-write with Bill.