British Sea Power

British Sea Power, who these days go by just Sea Power and began life as British Air Powers, rooted themselves in Reading and Brighton and built a band around two men known by one name each: Yan, born Jan Scott Wilkinson, and Martin Noble, known as Noble. Alison Cotton was part of the first lineup but had gone by the time they started making records, and Hamilton, born Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, came in along with Matthew Wood, known as Woody, on drums.

Rough Trade released The Decline of British Sea Power in 2003, and "Remember Me" is its jolt of electricity, a wiry, headlong rush of guitars that sounds like post-punk revival at full gallop. The rest of their music ranges much wider, out into the long, slow build of post-rock, which is why critics have compared them to everyone from the Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire.

Eamon Hamilton joined on keyboards in autumn 2002 and left in 2006, when Phil Sumner took over, adding cornet to the keys, and viola player Abi Fry filled out the sound after that.

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