Vondelpark - Seabed (2013)

Tracklist

01. Quest
02. Blue Again
03. Dracula
04. Come On
05. Always Forever
06. California Analog Dream
07. Closer
08. Seabed
09. Bananas
10. Outro 4 Ariel

To this point Vondelpark has felt like a slightly intangible and secret entity. Both their Sauna and nyc stuff & nyc bags EPs were passed along enthusiastically in hushed tones by those that heard them. The music sounded special, and at first it was almost impossible to tell where it had come from, or who. The band is made up of three childhood friends: Lewis Rainsbury, Alex Bailey and Matt Law. Over the past couple of years the trio have developed their sound from those tentative first steps of Sauna into something that sounds excitingly bold and intuitive on Seabed. Seabed is ambitious, but also exists within a comfortable sonic world too. Pillowy textures and lush, romantic sounds run throughout. It makes for an inviting record to listen to, particularly in headphones it's supposed to be the ultimate bedroom listen Rainsbury notes. There's a lot of closure on the record, about feelings to do with being young and in love , he goes on, something clear from bittersweet tunes like Come On or the gorgeously yearning Closer where gentle vocals and pianos tap into something that sounds quite timeless. Lewis Rainsbury describes Seabed as a coming of age album, and that's something that could just as easily apply to the impressive transformation that Vondelpark have made during its conception.

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