Mouth by The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Release - CMR03

After over 3 years of virtual silence, THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM returned to finally deliver their debut album "MOUTH" in November 2012.

Appearing in 2008 with the release of their mini album TRACES, TSSNHT became live favourites at Brisbane venues such as renowned DIY venue The Hangar, attracting positive reviews for their live performances like this from Matt O'Neill at Time Off - "A beautifully captivating mélange of post-rock, electronic flourishes and angular riffs, as well as one of Brisbane’s most promising bands… they shimmer with post-apocalyptic melody and widescreen melancholia and the duo’s ability to govern such gigantic tracks in a live environment will always remain impressive…” (Matt O’Neill – Time Off Magazine May 2008)

Then…. they kind of disappeared…

Fast forward 3 years - "MOUTH" was recorded in a blur in 6 days in November 2011, and mixed in a similar time frame. After laying down drums and keys over 2 days at Airlock Studios in Brisbane, the band set up camp at a secret Gold Coast location known as The Compound with co-producer Mark Duckworth and an arsenal of guitars, basses, amps and pedals. "MOUTH" also sees the instrumental two piece expand their sonic palette to incorporate haunting piano lines, soaring keys and even glockenspiel and toy piano into their raging drum and guitar assault.

The end result is an album in the truest sense of the word - to be listened to from end to end - and it is not hard to get lost in the hypnotic swirls of it all.

"Subtly melding electronica and layered piano and bass lines to their onerous drums-and-guitar blueprint, TSSNHT manage to create a veritable menagerie of sounds that evoke untapped levels of depth and resonant interplay…" Brendon Telford, The Music review Nov 2012 http://themusic.com.au/reviews/album/2012/11/13/the-sea-shall-not-have-them-mouth-brendan-telford/

Tracklist

1.	Signal	5:29

2.	Mouth	6:51

3.	Traces	7:21

4.	Syrup Floor	6:49

5.	The Ruins	4:21

6.	Departure	5:47

7.	Whose Ghost Is This? (In The Corner Of Your Room)	2:15

8.	Stormsong	7:01

Credits

released November 23, 2012

"It's late at night
And I am so close to sleep
A light comes through the window
I can barely see it, but it's there
So I have to ask you….

Whose ghost is this in the corner of your room..?"

Curt Emerton - guitars / bass / noises / keys
Mat Wilton - drums / percussion
Luke Emerton - voiceover on "Whose Ghost Is This..?"

Written by Curt Emerton

Produced by The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Co-produced, engineered & mixed by Mark Duckworth
Mastered by Dave Neil at Modern Mastering

Recorded in 6 days in November 2011

Guitars and bass recorded at The Compound Gold Coast

Drums and some keys recorded at Airlock Studios Brisbane
Co-engineered by Yanto Browning

Other stuff recorded at Curt's home

Artwork by Sam Smith

Curt thanks - Meg, Luke, Amy, Will & Sophie, Mum & Dad, Ewen & Rhoda, Dean, Beau, Stacey

Mat thanks - Naoko & Jonah, Kohler, Talon @ OnepalmMedia, Friends - for your continued support, Thank you.

The band thanks - Ian & Georgie Haug, Ducko, Sam Smith, Graham Brown, Tom Hall, Phil Laidlaw, The Compound crew - Mark, Morris, Dean & Joel for gear loan

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