The Seabellies
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L to R: Antony Martin, Trent Grenell, Sean Kelleher, Steph Setz, Eddie Garven, Kyle Grenell
Manhattan, October 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 2006–2015 |
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| Associated acts | Blitzberg, Twin Lakes |
| Website | myspace |
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Seabellies were an Australian alternative rock band formed in Newcastle in 2006. The line-up included Eddie Garven on bass guitar; Kyle Grenell on guitars, percussion, bass guitar and keyboards; his brother, Trent Grenell on lead vocals, guitar, percussion and keyboards; Sean Kelleher on drums, horns and backing vocals; Antony Martin on keyboards, guitars and bass guitar; and Stephanie Setz on melodica, metalaphone, keyboards, bass guitar and backing vocals. Their live performances display a variety of instrumentation and multi-percussive layering.
In March 2007 the Seabellies self-released a six-track extended play, Wave Your Fingers to Make the Winters. Sputnikmusic's Apocalyptic Raids rated it at three-and-a-half out of five and explained that the group "plays a dreamy and spacious brand of music not unlike The Arcade Fire or Mew. They also make use of a wide variety of instruments such as metallophones, melodicas and keyboards to accompany the standard set of guitar, bass and drums... Each of the six songs on this record contains the same whimsical, dreamy and sometimes intense atmosphere throughout, and at times it makes the EP seem like it drags on longer than it should."
After three gigs the group won the Garage to V Competition, and subsequently appeared on the main stage at the Sydney and Gold Coast V Festival. They were featured as a Next Crop Artist on Triple J, and won the Music Artist of the Year Award from 1233 ABC Newcastle.
In 2008 Seabellies signed to ABC/Warner and Universal to distribute a set of digital singles. The first, "Heart Heart Heart Out", was issued ahead of the group joining Australian tours by international artists including supporting an Icelandic group, múm, in March of that year. The band played at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City in October. While in the United States they played in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Hollywood, including the Viper Room. They were listed in QRO Magazine both as Best New Band and as one which Will Break.
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