The Sea Swallows

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MySpace Editor The Sea Swallows play candy pop with an art damage center. Their muse guides them on a path to rock modesty and roll immortality. Reminiscent of the guitar chimes of the Teenbeat and Slumberland stables and the anlog sweep of Lotus Crown, the Sea Swallows are a unique musical experience. Over the course of many mutations, they have crafted a sound filled with razor sharp melodies and arrangements. Although a fresh departure from the rigid excesses of psychedelic rock, their music is nonetheless wholly consistent with the legacy of over fifty years of altered states.
The Sea Swallows began as a diversion from the brain melting pedal excess of shoegazer outfits Kindergarten and Capsella ironically enough as an acoustic cover project. Fully immersed in the role of troubador, M. Capsella regaled the crowd with versions of Helium, Clash, and Wedding Present songs at Rat Bastard's Bored Shitless Festival in November of 1999 in the form of a debut performance. Shortly after a memorable gig at the short-lived Home on Griffin Road wherein the protagonist was joined on stage by Bobby Load for a rip through "Clampdown," the main band, Capsella, reached the end of its road.
Inspired by the success of his bandmate's succeeding visions in the ashes of Capsella, namely the twin phoenix (or is it phoeni?) Fashionista and Rocking Horse Winner, Marshmallow began rehearsals for TSS Mach 2. At this point, the coffeehouse stylings were shelved for amped up punch and original material, although the covers remain essential to the creative core of the band (Exhibit A: frequent revivals of Arthur Lee's "Live and Let Live"). With a lineup featuring Joel Pelkey on Juno 6, AJ on bass, and Rick Stevens on drums, the new troupe began gigging around town in the nascent 305 indie pop scene at venues ranging from Churchill's to Poplife (where the group surreptiously (or so was thought) drank most of the free beer) frequently in the company of the aforementioned Fashionista.
Some babies, mortgages, and amicable partings later, The Sea Swallows had been pared down to M. by 2003. Version 3.0 was made possible by the subtle unearthing of a magic box (BR1180) and made its live performance debut opening for Great Lakes and Of Montreal at West Palm Beach's Respectable Street Cafe. Of this manifestation of TSS, esteemed pundits like Splendidezine ("...the fact that The Sea Swallows express themselves through this racket suggests that there's something exciting in store for us should these guys reveal themselves to the masses...") and Steve Rullman/The Honeycomb ("...you should probably try doing that on an acoustic...") had nothing but encouraging words and exciting buzz to say.
Since 2004, TSS has been gadding about counties, spotted setting up shop in venues like I/O, Dada, Phoenix, and Revolution. Adopting the modest goal of rocking South Florida like a hurricane, The Sea Swallows never fail to provide an exciting aural display of tones and colourings for fans of the Cocteau Twins/Birthday Party nexus. THE SEA SWALLOWS SOUND LIKE NO OTHER BAND HERE! (The TriCounty area or the planet Earth, you decide) Come hear for yourself.