Seapony

Event information

Birmingham Promoters present:
SEAPONY + special guests
Doors 7.30pm • Ages 18+
http://birminghampromoters.com

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SEAPONY
http://seaponyband.tumblr.com/

Taking their cue from the indie pop bands of yore (particularly twee pop acts like The Softies, Talulah Gosh, and The Field Mice), Seapony sound every bit as dreamy, soft, and sweet as their name implies.

Formed in 2010, when longtime couple Jen Weidl and Danny Rowland moved to Seattle, they teamed up with bassist Ian Brewer, Rowland's childhood friend and former bandmate, and the band was born. The band's debut full-length album, Go with Me, was released on Hardly Art in 2011, and in just over a year, Seapony went from buzzed-about Midwest transplants to reliable dream pop purveyors.

The band's sophmore LP Falling was released in September 2012, and signals a band entering a new and more ambitious period in their career, with a sharper-than-ever live show and a fanbase that grows by the day. Falling sees Weidl and Rowland incorporating some of their live show's palpable rock energy into Seapony's patented sun-kissed sound. With guitars engaged in a delicate, complex pa-de-deux, and fuller, less-rigid percussion, Falling is a record of disarming grace.

"Proud torch bearers for both the fizzy pop sound of the post-C-86 generation and the noisy but hooky sound of the early-'90s American indie scene…. near-perfect indie pop in the here and now" - Allmusic