Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask
Sea Lions
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Intro | Sea Lions | 0:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Should Be Sleeping | Sea Lions | 2:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Grown Up | Sea Lions | 2:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tell You | Sea Lions | 1:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Cloud | Sea Lions | 2:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Look | Sea Lions | 1:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Rainfall | Sea Lions | 1:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Don't Wanna Go Out | Sea Lions | 2:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Loved Her So Much | Sea Lions | 2:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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What's the Point? | Sea Lions | 1:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Running in Circles | Sea Lions | 1:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Untitled (Guitar) | Sea Lions | 2:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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My Girl | Sea Lions | 2:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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As Times Change | Sea Lions | 2:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Song for Your Smile | Sea Lions | 2:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Songs |
iTunes Review
Everything you might want to know about Sea Lions is captured in the transition from the breezy, 23-second opening instrumental into the infectious “I Should Be Sleeping.” Purveyors of short and sweet pop music that never goes out of style, Sea Lions deliver an unending stream of jangly, melodic, and ultra-catchy tunes that reference doo-wop, surf rock, and modern indie rock all at once. At 15 songs in 29 minutes, the album is overflowing with skittering drums, frantic strumming, bubbling bass lines, and a chorus of “oohs” and “aahs” that support Adrian Pillado’s detached vocals. Saturated with youthful angst without being overly maudlin or twee, Pillado and the band earnestly embrace their melancholy and confusion as a means to escape it rather than wallow in it. Even the lyrical cynicism of “What’s the Point?” is swept away by the energy and optimism of the music itself, which seems to be the point. Overall, it’s a sparkling introduction to a charming band.
Customer Reviews
One word...AWESOME!!
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask is without question the next giant step forward for the band. A brief instrumental intro gracefully leads you into the galloping proper album opener. The use of toy piano at the beginning of the song could easily be cloying, but instead feels tasteful and necessary. And while that song talks about the familiar indiepop theme of not wanting to grow up, elsewhere on the album they reveal some very mature new facets of the band. The much-noted Calvin Johnson-like flavor of Adrian's voice is a great contrast to what has become a quite virtuosic band. All of this adds to the unique yet familiar sound that Sea Lions have cleverly cultivated. Bustling with nervous energy and the desire to communicate, Sea Lions share a sense of urgency with great pop forebears like Subway Sect and Television Personalities -- earnestness combined with pop knowledge and punk suss. What Sea Lions capture, where so many young bands try and fail, is not simply the sound of young Oxnard, it’s the sound of youth everywhere. Bored, underemployed, and wishing your life was something else. If there is any justice in this world it will take them far.
Biography
Formed: 2006 in Oxnard, CA
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s
