SXSW Chats: Iceland's Seabear Make Their SX Debut

Courtesy Austinist  Sun, 03/14/2010 - 9:30am

Image via Seabear’s Facebook page.

While their Facebook page bills them simply as "Iceland's answer to Fleetwood Mac", the reference points for Reykjavík's Seabear run far and wide.

The seven-piece band have been compared to Beck by Rolling Stone, but we hear more chamber pop in their sound, with some hints of both The National's melancholy and the melodic beauty of countrymen Sigur Ros.

The band recently released their long-awaited third album We Built A Fire ,...



 

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