The Seal Cub Clubbing Club

The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
Background information
Origin	The Wirral, England
Genres	Indie rock, Post-punk revival
Years active	2003-2012
Website	Official website
Past members	Nik Glover Si Stephens Andy Thompson John Biddle Jay Freeman Andy Rostron

The Seal Cub Clubbing Club were a five-piece post-punk band from The Wirral, England.

The band had been described by Gigwise.com as sounding like "The Coral on acid", also being compared to Echo & the Bunnymen.CityLife magazine suggested that the band were inspired by The Fall or Kid A-era Radiohead. They have also been compared to Super Furry Animals.

As friends of friends at school in The Wirral, The Seal Cub Clubbing Club started off playing Prog-Reggae, a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club cover and just 'jamming' in 2003. Their first gig, on a beach in West Kirby, was ended abruptly after only half-an-hour due to a power failure.

Their name, a mendacity as Seal infants are called pups not cubs, was an effort to get away from usual one word-searching through the dictionary names that are often used by bands. According to an interview with the band by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 1, the name simply came from something a friend had said when the band was looking for a name.

Their first EP, Number One In A Serious, was released in January 2005 on their own mini record label, Boon(e). Containing "Why Don't You Fix It?" and "Slow-Motion Powerslides (in Dee)", it was placed in the recommended section of Rough Trade Records and received airplay from Steve Lamacq.

A second EP, the five-track The Seal Cub Clubbing Club EP was released on Nomadic in November 2005 following a UK tour in support of Brakes. It gained positive reviews from the Channel 4 website and Rough Trade Records.