Strawberry Seas - Strawberry Seas (2020) Hi-Res

It is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated albums of this fall in France. This is Strawberry Seas who had landed with a first EP at the beginning of the summer of 2017 and who had laid the foundations of their music which will find their audience thanks to their revival sounds. This is what we will find with their first long-format where the quintet from Tours will accompany us during this autumn which promises to be tough.

Summoning the infinite grace of The Velvet Underground as well as the legendary slacker casualness of Guided By Voices and Pavement, Strawberry Seas lets their influences speak on these thirteen heady compositions with the help of Antoine Chaperon of The Apartments in production. It is with both melodic and fuzzy guitars and discreet keyboards that the quintet from Tours will be able to satisfy us with, among other things, "Trampoline", a gently psychedelic introduction, but also "Teenage Freak" as well as "Lazy Girl" and "Ghosts Outside ".

Led by the voice of Raphaël sometimes supported by that of Carine, the group offers us a journey in the 1990s through moments rich in sweet nostalgia. Whether on "Instant Crush" or even on "Anyone" and "Sunny Lane", Strawberry Seas takes us into this sepia atmosphere where we take pleasure in an infinite way just like on "Sofa", "Space and Time" and "Satellites" with warm choirs. The Touraine quintet succeeds in its bet with the bonus of sunny and carefree pieces like "Bison Grass" and "Ocean" synthesizing this first disc which manages to make us travel very far.