SHOWDOWN: The Sea Around Us @ MilkBoy Philly, tomorrow

Philly four-piece The Sea Around Us immerses the listener in a surging tide of lustrous guitar and weblike rhythms, buoying resonant vocals that seem to be both echoing from afar and intimately close.

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SHOWDOWN: The Sea Around Us @ MilkBoy Philly, tomorrow

POSTED: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 12:30 PM

Filed Under: Music | Philly Bands The Showdown

Which came first, the band’s name or its sound? Not sure which is the case with Philly four-piece The Sea Around Us, but the two match up immaculately, immersing the listener in a surging tide of lustrous guitar and weblike rhythms, buoying resonant vocals that seem to be both echoing from afar and intimately close. The band recently recorded its full-length debut, Amor Fati, with in-demand local producer Kyle “Slick” Johnson, and it’s a richly ornamented cabinet of eccentric indie-pop wonders. The title is a Latin phrase evoking not only an acceptance but an embrace of one’s fate, a concept touted by Friedrich Nietzsche. The album radiates just such an effusive embrace, sans the philosopher’s bleak nihilism. This is decidedly sunny stuff, albeit with complex subtleties to be found within those beams.

Thu., Nov. 1, 8 p.m., $8-$10, with Jounce, Icewater and The Defog, Milkboy, 1100 Chestnut St., 215-925-MILK, milkboyphilly.com.

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