Let me start by saying right off the bat that I’m not sure there’s a band out there right now as cool as San Francisco indie four-piece Seablite. It’s incredibly exciting when the songs, sound, vision and style all come together as they have in the lead up to their new album Lemon Lights.
Since their debut EP release back in 2017, Seablite have been in a constant state of progression. Developing and refining their sound across one full length album and subsequent single/EP releases has brought them to this point, a moment in time where their collective vision appears fully realised. Lemon Lights bursts with confidence and a truly infectious swagger.
After capturing hearts and minds with three pre-album singles complete with vivid and varied videos, the full release is awash with epic chord changes and minor sonic miracles. Drop Of Kerosene floats in on a cloud of dreampop purity that dissolves into a fiercely disorienting chorus, Hold My Kite’s irresistible vocal interplay provides a soaring late album highlight, whilst Faded’s hypnotic bass-line is pure, unadulterated Seabadelica.
Across its twelve tracks, Lemon Lights pulls off that rarest of feats of taking a sound that mattered so much then and making it matter now. Elements of the very best of nineties UK indie are shot through with vital 2023 California cool, creating the kind of glorious wash of sound that could lead our collective weary shuffles to the nearest sticky floored, dimly lit dance floor in a heartbeat.
Seablite operate as one propulsive whole formed by four creative minds working in total unity, and it’s that unique alchemy that serves as the bands biggest strength. Lemon Lights is a giddy, far-reaching triumph from a group steeped in togetherness and working in perfect harmony.
Available now via Mt.St.Mtn
You can also check out a fully remastered edition of Seablite’s 2019 debut album Grass Stains And Novocaine via Dandy Boy Records here.
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