{"product_id":"sea-horses-1989-1992-lp","title":"Sea Horses - 1989–1992 LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween 1989 and 1992, \u003cstrong\u003eSea Horses\u003c\/strong\u003e released three albums that percolated through England’s DIY underground before fading into the pre-Web ether. For a small community of listeners, however, their ornate gothic romance endured as an unusual sensibility within the broader post-punk coalition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHailing from towns on the outskirts of Manchester—Congleton, Scholar Green, and Macclesfield—\u003cstrong\u003eSea Horses\u003c\/strong\u003e forged a distinctively Northern English sound. Their dark, dreamy folk carried affinities with other groups of the time, but songwriter Richard Veal’s idyllic medievalism also took unlikely influence from madrigals and liturgical music. The exalted soprano of Clare Williams and twin sisters Jo and Liz \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003eBromley reinforces this devotional quality, hanging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"package_description_0\" class=\"peekaboo-text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein nave-like ambience (the band played several shows in local churches).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor this reason, and for the subtle psychedelia of their longer-than-average compositions, critics aligned Sea Horses with England’s New Age contingent—an association that the band could not quite understand. But Sea Horses did share certain predilections with their Aquarian counterparts. The band’s pastoralism carried pagan overtones, with songs like chapters in a Saxon epic, or odes to copses, moors, and headlands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"lightweightBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSea Horses: 1989–1992 collects recordings from across the band’s output, which includes two short-run albums on Mandala Recordings—Listen (1991) and Dream into Being (1992)—and a little-known self-released cassette, The Shining Net (1991), which, until now, was only known among friends and family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1393792276\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goatytapes.bandcamp.com\/album\/1989-1992\"\u003e1989–1992 by Sea Horses\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"House Rules","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55088502210899,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1456\/0366\/files\/sea-horses.jpg?v=1790599837","url":"https:\/\/www.aguirrerecords.com\/products\/sea-horses-1989-1992-lp","provider":"Aguirre Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}