British Sea Power - Waving Flags (Rough Trade)
By: Thomas Hannan
We make no apologies for including at least three articles focusing on British Sea Power over the past few days - they're one of the greatest and yet consistently most underrated guitar bands in Britain, and if it takes us going blue in the face to convince the wider world of this stone cold fact, then blue in the face we shall have to go.
Our efforts continue as we present, according to the band, what will be "the festival song of 2008", 'Waving Flag's, taken from their excellent Do You Like Rock Music? LP, out this week on Rough Trade. Review HERE. Video - which sees the band, of course, frolicking a fort in Cornwall - here:
The band begin a UK tour today, which runs as follows:
Thu 17 Jan - BELFAST Limelight
Fri 18 Jan - DUBLIN Whealans
Sun 20 Jan - NORWICH Waterfront
Mon 21 Jan - PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 22 Jan - NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
Wed 23 Jan - LEEDS Irish Centre
Thu 24 Jan - KENDAL Brewery
Sat 26 Jan - GLASGOW Oran Mor
Sun 27 Jan - MANCHESTER Academy 2
Mon 28 Jan - OXFORD Zodiac
Tue 29 Jan - BRIGHTON Komedia
Thu 31 Jan - LONDON Koko