CRISTOBAL & THE SEA

– NEW VIDEO FOR ‘FISH EYE’ ONLINE NOW
– UK & EU TOURS ANNOUNCED  
– DEBUT ALBUM ‘SUGAR NOW’ OUT OCT 2ND VIA CITY SLANG

In anticipation of their upcoming debut album, due Oct 2^nd via City Slang, Cristobal and the Sea share their surreal new video for ‘Fish Eye’. The band are set to play a headline London show on October 2^ndand have announced lots more live dates, including a November UK run with This Is The Kit.

Speaking about the ‘Fish Eye’ video, director Elliott Arndt said the following…

“Something I like about the “narrative” of the video is how everything just resolves itself and everyone is really happy. People help each other and revive each other and the family just grows. 

The eclectic beat of the song and its hypnotic, entrancing sonic elements were calling for seemingly unrelated and drastically different set-ups rubbing shoulders with each other – I wanted to create a series of tableaux that coincided to form an episodic tale relating to the eternal quest for good vibes.”

The ongoing dispute over explorer Cristobal Columbus’ nationality shows some country disputes will stay unresolved, but others are born to harmonise, in the case of Cristobal And The Sea. The London-based union of Alejandro ‘Ale’ Romero (bass, vocals, Spain), João Seixas (guitar, vocals, Portgual), Leïla Seguin (flute, vocals, Corsica/France) and Joshua Oldershaw (drums, UK) harnesses an altogether fluid, rhythmic and exquisitely melodic energy as colourful and evocative as their band name, forged from different strands of DNA, primarily bossa-nova, Afro-pop and Western folk and rock, but even here it’s varied, as much Animal Collective as it is Arthur Lee’s Love.

This European concoction was first tasted on Cristobal and the Sea’s five-track EP debut ‘Peach Bells’ in December 2014, and now it’s their equally stunning forthcoming debut album ‘Sugar Now’.

Seeking a location to inspire them, and chasing the sun as well, the band and producer Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Owen Pallett) decamped to Lisbon for the album, which allowed ‘Sugar Now’ to come from a new place. “We’d previously used a lot of effects on our instruments, but when Rusty saw us rehearse, he said not to use any” João recalls. “It meant we had to play in a different way, which made things a bit funkier, and we liked it enough not to put the effects back! So the album is more stripped down and open-ended.”

The lyrics (mostly by João) mirror the music’s dynamic – dreamy, ecstatic and only occasionally melancholic. “It’s about the day-to-day experiences that people have, sometimes fun and sometimes cathartic,” says João. It’s not a dark record, but it has little twinges…” As João says, “It’s about a bunch of people asking for sugar! Everybody needs some sugar in their lives.”
 
At their own shows, or the recent support for Jose Gonzalez, Cristobal And The Sea have dished out the sugar, and received a lot back from audience and reviews alike. For some, life is sweet…

Charismatic, charming & beautifully boho, here’s a band embracing life as only the young & carefree know how!

See Cristobal And The Sea live:

2nd Oct – Birthdays, London UK (Tickets)
23^rd Oct – Primavera Club, Barcelona ESP
8^th Nov – SWN Festival, Cardiff UK*
24^th Nov – The Haunt, Brighton UK*
25^th Nov – Scala, London UK*
26^th Nov – Leaf on Bold Street, Liverpool UK*
27^th Nov – The Harley, Sheffield UK*
28^th Nov – The Lantern, Bristol UK*
9^th Dec – Winter Camp Festival, Lille FR
10^th Dec – Winter Camp Festival, Paris FR
11^th Dec – Glimps Festival, Ghent BE
12^th Dec – Molotow, Hamburg DE
14^th Dec – Lido, Berlin DE
15^th Dec – Amp, Munster DE
17^th Dec – Feinkostlampe, Hannover DE
18^th Dec – Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE

* w/This is The Kit

Links:

‘Sugar Now’ pre-order:
Direct: smarturl.it/SugarNowLabel
Amazon: smarturl.it/SugarNowAmazon
iTunes: smarturl.it/SugarNowiTunes

‘Fish Eye’ on soundcloud
‘Sunset of our Troubles’ on soundcloud 
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