The Sea (band)

The Sea were a UK rock band from Cornwall, England between 2007 - 2014. They released three studio albums, played over 1000 concerts in over 15 plus countries over several tours.

The band consisted of brothers Peter Chisholm (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Alex Chisholm (Drums, percussion and backing vocals). They were signed to Lusty Records in the UK, the Hamburg-based Popup Records in mainland Europe and Black Nutria in Italy and distributed by Rough Trade, Cargo and Pinnacle.

In April 2007, the duo won the XFM unsigned bands competition to play at the Big Night Out concert supporting The Enemy at London’s Brixton Academy to 5000. By October that year they had completed their first extensive tour of the UK and were invited to play the CMJ Music Marathon in New York.

The Sea’s debut single Love Love Love was released on Lusty Records and sold out within two months of release in October 2007, receiving massive critical acclaim in the UK music press from NME,Kerrang!,The Fly Love Love Love achieved Number 8 in the Kerrang Charts and was Single Of The Week in The Guardian Newspaper, beating even Paul McCartney to the top spot. The Guardian. Love Love Love also received large amounts of support on UK radio, with Ferne Cotton of BBC Radio One declaring her support for the band. In 2008 they released 2 more singles 'Don't You Want Me' and 'By Myself' the former reaching Number 10 in the Kerrang Charts whilst 'By Myself' showed a more softer side of their sound, it still achieved several 'single of the month' articles, including Nuts Magazine. They also recorded and released a collaboration with the London band The Krak (which featured ex-Babyshambles drummer Gemma Clarke) a cover of the Prodigy track 'Outta Space' and performed this several times with The Krak throughout the summer of 2008 in central London venues as well as twice together on the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury Festival that year.

In April 2009 their debut album Get It Back was released in UK on Lusty Records and on Pop Up Records in Europe. To rave reviews throughout the UK and European music press in Kerrang, The Fly, Base Ad, NME, Rocksound and The Guardian as well as many of the European magazines. At the release of 'Get It Back' The Sea started to experience a surge of popularity in Germany particularly. The rest of the year was spent touring worldwide which included supporting Muse at their Teignmouth homecoming gigs to 12,000 people in September, slots at Glastonbury Festival and CMJ Festival in New York, U.S.A in October. Touring continued into 2010 with their first headline tour in Europe including dates in Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands, then culminating into a final performance at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, U.S.A.

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