{"id":24672,"date":"2017-03-10T17:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T22:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24672"},"modified":"2017-05-28T19:10:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:10:29","slug":"british-sea-power-release-video-keep-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24672","title":{"rendered":"British Sea Power release video for &#8216;Keep On Trying&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24673\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/09b0154a-3df3-489a-aba0-1036232bf6a2.jpg?resize=581%2C387\" alt=\"British Sea Power\" width=\"581\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/09b0154a-3df3-489a-aba0-1036232bf6a2.jpg?w=581 581w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/09b0154a-3df3-489a-aba0-1036232bf6a2.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/>British Sea Power\u00a0have released the official video for <em>Keep On Trying (Sechs Freunde)<\/em>, the second single off the band&#8217;s upcoming album &#8216;Let The Dancers Inherit The Party&#8217;\u00a0out March 31st via\u00a0the band&#8217;s own Golden Chariot imprint (via Caroline International).<\/p>\n<p>The song &#8211; a paean to perseverance; a rocket-powered love letter to enduring friendship &#8211; is brought to life in this surrealist exercise video where a silver clad sextet jog alongside assorted representatives of the animal kingdom and a crew of military men who pull dancefloor moves against a solid gold backdrop. An average night out in Sea Power world, then. Watch it via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6kKvIoomSY8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Keep On Trying (Sechs Freunde)\u00a0<\/em>sees the iconic UK group continue to immerse itself in the German language, Polish animation, and particularly the work of the German Dadaist Degenerate Artist Kurt Schwitters \u2013 all cosmopolitan imperatives that underlie the internationalism and pan-European unity that has energized British Sea Power throughout its 15-year history.<\/p>\n<p>The track&#8217;s Europhile chorus rings with a collective Deutscher cry of &#8216;Sechs Freunde&#8217; &#8211; the German equivalent of the six degrees of separation concept; six friends being the constituency of British Sea Power.<\/p>\n<p>It follows lead single <em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.us15.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=af8eade87b8372a2cb09b23db&amp;id=b77af4e388&amp;e=230214dab5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bad Bohemian<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0&#8216;Let The Dancers Inherit The Party&#8217;<\/em>. Both tracks are now available as immediate downloads via the album\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.us15.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=af8eade87b8372a2cb09b23db&amp;id=16d74812f5&amp;e=230214dab5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>British Sea Power is based in Brighton, UK; the band members live in Sussex, Kendal and on the Isle Of Skye. The band is Yan Wilkinson (vocals \/ guitars), Neil Hamilton Wilkinson (vocals \/ guitars), Martin Noble (guitars), Matthew Wood (drums), Abi Fry (viola), Phil Sumner (keyboards \/ cornet).<\/p>\n<p>Recorded in Sussex, London and on the Isle of Skye, &#8216;Let The Dancers Inherit The Party&#8217;<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>follows the band&#8217;s five studio albums for the great Rough Trade Records \u2013 a catalogue of releases that saw BSP become the longest continually-signed band in the label&#8217;s history. Rough Trade remain a vital part of the BSP story and will continue to do so, but the new album is being licensed from the band&#8217;s own Golden Chariot label to Caroline International. The entire recording of the album was funded by the band&#8217;s remarkably dedicated audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>British Sea Power\u00a0have released the official video for Keep On Trying (Sechs Freunde), the second single off the band&#8217;s upcoming album &#8216;Let The Dancers Inherit <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24672\" title=\"British Sea Power release video for &#8216;Keep On Trying&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,29,30],"tags":[5982,5983,5981],"class_list":["post-24672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-british-sea-power","tag-keep-on-trying-sechs-freunde","tag-let-the-dancers-inherit-the-party"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/09b0154a-3df3-489a-aba0-1036232bf6a2.jpg?fit=581%2C387","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6pW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37356,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37356","url_meta":{"origin":24672,"position":0},"title":"(British) Sea Power announce name change + new album \u2018Everything Was Forever\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The band have announced what will be their first new album in five years. \u2018Everything Was Forever\u2019 is set for\u00a0release\u00a0on February 11, 2022. 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