Review Summary: Seabear and the spellbinding musical journey into the dream world
One year ago I stumbled upon an Icelandic band and I fell in love with them instantly. They call themselves Seabear and they are labelled as an indie-folk band and, sometimes, as an experimental indie band. However, I would dare to say that Seabear are by themselves a brand new music genre: a Nordic warm dreamy music, if you'd like. I haven't found yet a warmer and dreamier music than this (except maybe Sigur Ros', but in a different kind of way).
All the seven members of the band are multi-instrumentalists, their tracks displaying a wide range of instruments, from acoustic/ electric/ bass guitar to keyboards and drums, from fiddle to trumpet and harmonica. Even if they come from Iceland, all the lyrics of their songs are in English.
"The Ghost that Carried Us Away", their first studio album, was released in 2007 and featured 12 enchanted tracks, filled with dreamy rhythms and nostalgic lyrics. The melodic line is soft, fluid and harmonious. For starters, I would recommend you my favourite song from this album (and their most popular song until now) - "I Sing, I Swim", which also has a great video (
http://vimeo.com/9379313). I also find absolutely adorable "Arms", "Cat Piano" and "Owl Waltz", even if the album as a whole is an underrated refined masterpiece, a symphony of sounds and sweet words meant to lift your feet off the ground and take you to the stars above. You'll find yourself easily caught up in this hypnotic, almost whispered, out-of-this-world music.
For more information, please visit Seabear's website (
www.seabearia.com) where you'll also find the video of the first single of their second album, released in March 2010 - "We Bulit a Fire".
