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When Do We Start Fighting...

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As can be seen from the amount of reviews, Seafood are destined to remain on the obscure side. Perhaps it's due to the terrible band name itself. This is a crying shame, because Seafood churn out some absolutely beautiful, moving (and sometimes heavy to the point of making you jump around the room - not good if you're listening to it in work) indie-rock music.

The track listing on the US version seems to differ somewhat in order, which is possibly for the best, seeing as the track listing on the back of the UK one doesn't even match what is on the CD (and CDDB always gets it wrong too).

If you're willing to experience something new, then When Do We Start Fighting? is a great start. From the powerful rock moments of Splinter and Western Battle, to the gorgeous croon-alongs that are What May Be The Oldest and In This Light (which ends with a great angst moment), this album offers something new, fresh and exciting at every turn.

The style of Seafood seems faintly reminiscent of early The Delgados (Domestiques, Pelaton), which is not a bad thing at all, and I don't mean that to sound like they are derivative - they aren't. I mean this simply in the dynamic between the two vocals on the album, and the style in which they sing.

Go on, give it a try. You know you want to.

I ended up buying this cd because I was in dire need of something new. This album ended up being a pleasant surprise. The songs provide diversity and power, sensitivity and aggression. If I had to compare this band, I would almost say a Brit Pop version of Sense Field. But that doesn't exactly pin it down either. There are driving emotional songs that fall in the alt/emo category. There are slowed acoustic songs. There are songs that provide some Sonic Youth noise and feedback. There is a female singer that shares back up duties with a voice that rings of the band Sarge. This band should start to make waves in the alternative rock scene. If not, thats fine, I like having a gem like this to myself.

Seafood's second album When Do We Start Fighting is an excellent one, from start to finish. From the thrusting, bass-heavy, punky sonic onslaught of Cloaking to the the touching, atmospheric, acoustic Desert Stretched Before The Sun to the heartbreaking closer He Collects Dust, this album never fails to impress. Western Battle and Splinter are loud guitar-driven indie-rock anthems at their best, and What May Be The Oldest and In This Light Will You Fight Me both feature a male and female duet and both sound great, the latter being a track building from quiet beauty to a furious, angry rock opus as many more tracks did on debut Surviving The Quiet. Seafood are on both albums a band of quiet and loud, but generally on Surviving The Quiet singular songs would build from one to the other, whilst here only In This Light Will You Fight Me does so and the contrast is more between tracks than within them. In 10 tracks here lie hooks that worm their way into your brain and keep you singing for hours afterwards. It took me only a morning to know 8 of the 10 tunes, that's how catchy this is, yet it is melodic at the same time. Highly reccomended.

hey seafood fans! if ur not one should be! this album is wicked-enough said what else is there to say!

buy it