History Music / BritishSeaPower

The band have [[https://www.britishseapower.co.uk a Web site]] with the usual news, videos, merchandise, and such.

* ClimateChange: “Oh Larsen B” deals with the collapse of an Antarctic ice-shelf, while “Canvey Island” appears to deal with a fear of the consequences of climate change.

* GlobalWarming: “Oh Larsen B” deals with the collapse of an Antarctic ice-shelf, while “Canvey Island” appears to deal with a fear of the consequences of climate change.

The band are noted for an eccentric approach to their work, verging on the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}; they seem to have a particular taste for mid-20th-century British imagery, and they also have a taste for playing in unusual venues such as a club on the Isles of Scilly, Village Halls, the Czech Embassy in London, caves in Cornwall, museums, libraries and sea forts. This is balanced by the ability to produce quality rock music ranging from punky to pop. Alongside relatively conventional songwriting and performance, BSP have created well-regarded soundtracks for a couple of documentaries, and worked with brass bands to create new arrangements of their songs. They also contributed the sound for the UrbanFantasy RolePlayingGame ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium''.

The band are noted for an eccentric approach to their work, verging on the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}; they seem to have a particular taste for mid-20th-century British imagery, and they also have a taste for playing in unusual venues such as a club on the Isles of Scilly, Village Halls, the Czech Embassy in London, caves in Cornwall, museums, libraries and sea forts. This is balanced by the ability to produce quality rock music ranging from punky to pop. Alongside relatively conventional songwriting and performance, BSP have created well-regarded soundtracks for a couple of documentaries, and worked with brass bands to create new arrangements of their songs.

** ‘The Lonely’ gives a nod to Music/{{Liberace}}.
* TakeThat: ‘No Lucifer’ contains a few burns aimed at Pope Benedict XVI.

** ‘The Lonely’ gives a nod to Liberace.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The subject of the song "The Voice of Ivy Lee" (On ''Let the Dancers Inherit the Party'') is presumably a bad person with excellent PR. (Ivy Lee was the inventor of the modern public relations industry.)

* TakeThat: ‘No Lucifer’ contains a few barns aimed at Pope Benedict XVI

** The title of the album ''Machineries of Joy'' invokes ashort storycollection by Creator/RayBradbury.

** The title of the album ''Machineries of Joy'' invokes Creator/RayBradbury.

* ShoutOut: To early 1960s British songwriter Geoff Goddard, in “Radio Goddard”.

* AnachronisticSoundtrack: The band's soundtrack for the 1934 Irish "fictional documentary" ''Man of Aran'' makes no particular effort to match itself to the period, or the low-tech community depicted in the movie.

-->''I think I took a little too much\

-->Noble

The band are noted for an eccentric approach to their work, verging on the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}; they seem to have a particular taste for mid-20th-century British imagery. This is balanced by the ability to produce quality rock music ranging from punky to pop. They also have a taste for playing in unusual venues such as a club on the Isles of Scilly, Village Halls, the Czech Embassy in London, caves in Cornwall, museums, libraries and sea forts. Alongside relatively conventional songwriting and performance, BSP have created well-regarded soundtracks for a couple of documentaries, and worked with brass bands to create new arrangements of their songs.

The band are noted for an eccentric approach to their work, verging on the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}; they seem to have a particular taste for mid-20th-century British imagery. This is balanced by the ability to produce quality rock music ranging from punky to pop. They also have a taste for playing in unusual venues such as a club on the Isles of Scilly, Village Halls, the Czech Embassy in London, caves in Cornwall, museums, libraries and sea forts. Alongside relatively conventional songwriting and performance, BSP have created well-regarded soundtracks for a number of documentaries, and worked with brass bands to create new arrangements of their songs.

British Sea Power (BSP) are an indie rock band based in [[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties Brighton]], England, although three of the band members originally came from Cumbria, off to the [[OopNorth north]], and some of the band met at Reading University. Their first album (''The Decline of British Sea Power'') was released in 2003, and they've been recording and performing pretty much continuously ever since. Since 2008, their line-up has consisted of Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") on vocals and guitar, Neil Hamilton Wilkinson ("Hamilton") on vocals, bass, and guitar, Martin Noble ("Noble") on guitar and keyboards, Matthew Wood ("Wood") on drums, Abi Fry on viola and keyboards, and Phil Sumner on cornet, keyboards, and guitar.

* GeniusBonus: Songs about floods in 1950s England, melting Antarctic ice shelfs, and early '60s British songwriters are entirely typical of the band.

The band are noted for an eccentric approach to their work, verging on the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}; they seem ti have a particular taste for mid-20th-century British imagery. This is balanced by the ability to produce quality rock music ranging from punky to pop. They also have a taste for playing in unusual venues such as a club on the Isles of Scilly, Village Halls, the Czech Embassy in London, caves in Cornwall, museums, libraries and sea forts. They

The band have [[https://www.britishseapower.co.uk a Web site]] with the usual news, videos, merchandise, and such.