We are very sorry to report that there have been yet more problems and delays with the manufacture of the Disco Elysium triple vinyl.

The latest news from the American label releasing the vinyl version (iam8bit.com) is that we should now expect delivery by late October. This is yet another setback but the good news is that the pressing plant has actually started so at least some real progress has been made. After several missed deadlines we are reluctant to guarantee any date for delivery but it does seem that by November is now looking like a worse case scenario. The Standard/Open version will be arriving first while the Origami version will take longer due to nature of the unique packaging. So there is a chance that those of you who have ordered the Standard/Open version should receive them in October while the Origami may not arrive until November.

Once again we apologise for the continuing delays and can only thank you for your patience and hope that these dates will actually prove to be accurate.

If there are any further delays, we will notify you as soon as we know.

Newsboost Forever Albert

27 August 2021

 

*April 2022 UK headline dates. 

 

Sea Power, formerly vibrating as British Sea Power, are pleased to now announce UK concert dates for April 2022.

 

The band will be headlining the following nights:

 

Tues 12 Apr– Southampton 1865

Weds 13 Apr – Birmingham 02 Institute

Thurs 14 Apr – London Roundhouse

Tues 19 Apr – Bristol 02 Academy

Thurs 21 Apr – Sheffield Leadmill

Fri 22 Apr – Glasgow St Lukes

Sat 23 Apr – Manchester Albert Hall

 

PLEASE NOTE: the following ticket links represent an initial early-bird purchase opportunity for people who’ve pre-ordered the forthcoming Sea Power album, Everything Was Forever, in any format. 

 

Concert tickets on this basis are due to go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 1 September 2021.

 

General sales for concert tickets are due to open on Friday 3 September 2021.

 

If you’ve already pre-ordered the Everything Was Forever album you should now receive an access code before Wednesday 1 September, from Townsend Music. The album release date is 11 February 2022.

 

Anyone pre-ordering the album from this point will also receive an access code for the ticket links going live at 9am on Wednesday 1 September. 

 

The album can be preordered here: 

 

ALBUM PRE-ORDER:

https://seapower.tmstor.es/ 

 

TICKET LINK

The following ticket link is due to go live on at 9am on Wednesday 1 September. This ticket link will work for people who’ve pre-ordered the album and have an access code as above. Again, please bear in mind that general sales for concert tickets start on Friday 3 September 2021.

 

 https://www.gigsandtours.com/tour/sea-power?pre=spartistpre&src=artistpresale

We are very grateful to the many fans who have pre-ordered the Limited Edition Box Sets and funded us and helped make the new album "Everything Was Forever".

While the album is now finished, there are still many things to do to manufacture and promote this new release so if you can, and want to help more, there are still some Box Sets available to pre-order.

This can be done at www.bspfunder.com where there are two CD Box set packages available or equally just a donation option.

Just to stress that these Box Sets are CD only formats but will contain more music than will be available anywhere else as well as including unique packaging and extras.

To pre-order the vinyl, cassette and standard CD formats please go to https://seapower.tmstor.es/

Thank you once again.

After much reflection and soul-searching, the band formerly known as British Sea Power have modified their name to simply Sea Power. We’ve been British Sea Power for 20 years – an amazing 20 years, when we’ve been able to continually traverse the British Isles, to travel the world, encountering many friendly faces, not least in the band’s remarkable audience. But the name British Sea Power had come to feel constricting, like an ancient legacy we were carrying with us. When we came up with the name British Sea Power there were at least two different lines of thought behind it. There was, literally, sea power – the elementary power of the oceans. Alongside this was the historical idea of “British sea power” – Britannia ruling the waves; the naval power that once allowed Britain to dominate the world. When we came up with the original band name, Britain no longer ruled the seas. The band name was intended with a kind of wry humour. The idea of British sea power in the historical sense was an obsolete thing. It was now just the name of a rock band… Now, 20 years later, we’re recasting the name. In recent times there’s been a rise in a certain kind of nationalism in this world – an isolationist, antagonistic nationalism that we don’t want to run any risk of being confused with. It’s become apparent that it’s possible to misapprehend the name British Sea Power, particularly if someone isn’t familiar with the band or their recordings. We’ve always been internationalist in our mindset, something made clear in songs like Waving Flags, an anthem to pan-European idealism. We always wanted to be an internationalist band but maybe having a specific nation state in our name wasn’t the cleverest way to demonstrate that. We very much hope the band’s audience won’t be affronted by this adjustment to the name. We’d like to make it clear that removing the word “British” does NOT indicate any aversion to the British Isles whatsoever. We all feel immensely fortunate to have grown up in these islands. Several or our songs are filled with love and awe for this place. We do love these lands. We all still live within the British Isles, but we are now just Sea Power. We feel the name change comes in part from the band’s audience – who at a good show will shout out, “Sea Power! Sea Power!” Maybe this name change has been there for years, shouted in our ears. It’s just taken us this long to realise – to hear what was there in front of us…