seamonster

seamonster makes music out of sounds and noise out of words and memories out of life.
the new ep TWO BIRDS is available now! CLICK HERE or HERE



Oh Appalachia from chad on Vimeo.



"It was a happy coincidence that brought me into the world of Seamonster's wide-eyed songs and delicate, homespun arrangements: bedroom folk-pop for day dreamers and sleep walkers alike."
– Robert Schneider, Apples in Stereo
"Oh Appalachia is a fuzzed out surrealist poem against a backdrop of carnival noise and radio static echoing from the mountains. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol a gentle electro-pop call to calm based on journal entries of iconic artist Andy Warhol."
- Filter
"Written and recorded over the course of the last three years in his hometown of Virginia Beach, Adrian Todd Webb's (and friends) side project Seamonster is a rather interesting beast. A flurry of fuzzy electric sounds and churning daydream folk-pop, 'Oh Appalachia' is more than content to slip comfortably in-between your sleepy workdays. As Robert Schneider from Apples In Stereo puts it, Two Birds is a record for 'day dreamers and sleep walkers alike.'"
- Life is Rubbish
"Marine creatures beware, as Seamonster becomes Jaws with the release of 'Two Birds' and its digital accompaniment 'These Bones.' "
- Delicious Scopitone
"From the beach to the mountains, Seamonster's Two Birds echoes utmost pleasantries through the audible channel of lo-fi psychedelic folk-pop. Its pop charm is masked by the static white noise of immense distortion, mixed down to a satisfactory non-overpowering level, and warped with the sounds of summertime. "Oh Appalachia" is a beachgoers ode to the mountains. "The Philosophy Of Andy Warhol" will paint a pop-culture picture on the back of your eyelids while you lay, back on grass, facing a clear blue sky.
A rudimentary psychedelic core, Seamonster blends in the perfect amount of experimentation, from noise in "Bearsuit" to the fuzz in the opening instrumental "New England". There are undeniable pop sensibilities as well; "Annalee" has plenty of vocal pattern hooks that are damn near twee. The EP concludes with the lazy, folk-pop swagger of "These Bones" (a bonus digital-only track), emphasizing the consistent, heavy guitar strum with the fuzzed-out vocals. Backing the song is electronic noise, some of which carries melody, some of which remains chaotic.
There's no question about it, Two Birds is by far the best single I've acquired in quite some time."
- FensePost
"[Two Birds is] f***ing great. These Virginians play some wonderful all-American folk-pop. From warm, fuzzy psychedelics to gleeful Appalachian party-stompers, this record runs the gamut of poppy greatness. This is one of the best 7?s I've gotten in quite awhile."
- OMGvinyl
"Here we have another of my most appreciated acquisitions. Sea Monster's Two Birds EP comes with 5 songs on the vinyl and an instant downloadable zip when you buy it on-line for these 5 songs and an extra 6 songs of an only download EP, most of it being remixes of tracks from the EP, called These Bones. All this wouldn't matter so much if the songs were not as good as these songs, loving everyone of each.
If there's one band everybody would like to see a reunion of is Neutral Milk Hotel. That, or that Jeff Magnum would definitely leave his lethargic cave and put out a record. So well, you are not going to miss it that much when you listen to Seamonster's Two Birds. This is the record everybody would love Jeff Magnum to do. Without being a NMH rip off, Seamonster's vocals and style reminds that of Jeff but impregnates his own personality in the compositions and arrangement, being not lo-fi or hi-fi but somewhere in between, with mild use of electronics and manipulation of sounds without falling in the folktronica sack.
The EP, from the beautiful New England intro, the upbeat and catchy Oh Appalachia, the fuzzy psycho-ballad Bearsuit, the delicate The Philosophy of Andy Warhol to the Magnetic Fields-like Analee, is varied, generous and perfect. One I (and probably you) will have on repeat for ages.
And don't forget the extra EP These Bones, with amazing remixes from Visions of Trees or Roman Ruins and a great cover from Bjorn Kleinhenz."
- Seven Noises