The Private Sea

The Private Sea is no more, but for booking, listening, etc. take a look at these other bands/projects from Private Sea members:



The New Heaven and The New Earth: Roger's new project. The first release, a split cassette from Edible Onion's Archaic Fetishism series, is available today.



Cheap Dinosaurs: Dino continues his work in the weird, wonderful world of chiptunes.



Chemistry Music: Jay the Audiophile contributes his beats and production as a member of this amazing hip-hop group.



Joe is working once again with Mike Kappler and Matt Taylor, who were all members of Teh Miv. There is no myspace yet but a link will be posted as soon as one is available.



More info as it comes.



'The Private Sea places explosive, droney guitars, swirling male/female vocal harmonies, delicate electric piano, and a solid rhythm section into a concise musical package. The result is reminiscent of some of the best of neo-psychedelia, classic punk and shoegaze without the excesses of those genres. Though The Private Sea takes some influence from The Zombies, X, or My Bloody Valentine, it is difficult to trace their sound back to one or two definitive sources. In August of 2007, The Private Sea self-released their debut full length "Prelude," a summation of all the sounds, songs, and ideas the band has been cultivating from inception up to that point. The Private Sea has been touring throughout much of the US in support of the record ever since, and recently began work on new material.



booking/chat: privatesea@gmail.com



Buy our new album "Prelude."



$8 ppd in the US



Press:



"Philadelphia, PA's the Private Sea offer up a great collection of songs on 'Prelude'. Sounding like a

combination of influences from British Sea Power and early Radiohead to Galaxie 500 and the



Velvet Underground; the Private Sea pulls off guy/girl harmonies with pop/rock (with an indie

flare) that really catches your ear. Songs like 'Judas Kisses' show them at their best, with 'Running'

and 'Cy Twombly' being the other highlights. The sound projected on 'Prelude' is really rarely



heard very often anymore. Parts of 'Cy Twombly' for instance remind me a lot of the production

and power of Jeff Buckley's 'Grace'. With most bands that would be thrown into the same genre as

The Private Sea, it's nice to hear some bands out there that are pushing away from the norms of



sounding like a carbon copy of a New Order, Dinosaur Jr, or Pixies album that defined music for

them when they were in college. "

- N-A Magazine



"The Private Sea has been one of my absolute favorite local bands for a few years now, and they just set the bar even higher for themselves with this, their first album."

- Centerfuse.net on "Prelude"



"Philadelphia five-piece The Private Sea injects detectable longing in well-pitched hooks, handing their songs over to the right anthem-making risks—brooding textures, teasing swells, magnetic harmonies and a batch of influences ranging from Spiritualized to The Jesus & Mary Chain."

- The Independent Weekly, Chapel Hill



"The Philly quintet wafts through lush, swirling indie rock that's psychedelic without being retro. Thats a feat in itself."

-Isthmus, Madison, WI



"Prelude leaps into shining, swooning pop hooks, but a slyly applied hint of psychedelic detachment twirls about in the not-too distant background."



- The Onion