Sea When Absent

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Sea When Absent
Album cover from Sea When Absent by A Sunny Day in Glasgow.jpg
Studio album by
A Sunny Day in Glasgow
ReleasedJune 24, 2014 (2014-06-24)
Studio
  • Uniform (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Fantastic Imagination (Philadelphia)
  • Jen Goma's apartment (Brooklyn, New York)
  • Oxford Christmas Rat (Sydney)
Genre
Length47:13
Label Lefse
A Sunny Day in Glasgow chronology
Autumn, Again
(2010)		Sea When Absent
(2014)
Singles from Sea When Absent
  1. "In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)"
    Released: January 6, 2014 [4]

Sea When Absent is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band A Sunny Day in Glasgow. It was released on June 24, 2014 by Lefse Records. [5] [6]

Contents

The recording of Sea When Absent was financed through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. [7] The album could be streamed through Pitchfork 's Advance service from June 16 to June 23, 2014. [8]

Recording

While it was widely reported that the members of A Sunny Day in Glasgow were never in the same room while making Sea When Absent, the band has clarified that this was not the case. [9] Band member Ben Daniels said: "I think that's an angle that's kind of over-played, because for most of the recording we were all definitely in the same room. We live in different cities, but we would meet up in Philadelphia to go to the studio together. Then we'd go back to where we lived, and keep working on it, so there was a little bit of both." [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.0/10 [10]
Metacritic 82/100 [11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [13]
Exclaim! 9/10 [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
NME 8/10 [16]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [17]
PopMatters 7/10 [1]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Under the Radar 8/10 [19]

Pitchfork accorded Sea When Absent a "Best New Music" designation; reviewer Lindsay Zoladz found that A Sunny Day in Glasgow had produced a more sonically abrasive work than their previous releases, "but without abandoning the ambiance that makes them so distinct." [17]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bye Bye, Big Ocean (The End)"
  • Ben Daniels
  • Annie Fredrickson
  • Jen Goma
4:17
2."In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)"
  • Daniels
  • Goma
  • Fredrickson
  • Ryan Newmyer
  • Josh Meakim
  • Adam Herndon
5:08
3."Crushin'"
  • Daniels
  • Goma
  • Newmyer
4:44
4."MTLOV (Minor Keys)"
  • Daniels
  • Goma
  • Newmyer
4:09
5."The Things They Do to Me"
  • Daniels
  • Goma
  • Meakim
5:07
6."Boys Turn into Girls (Initiation Rites)"
  • Daniels
  • Meakim
5:06
7."Never Nothing (It's Alright [It's Ok])"
  • Daniels
  • Goma
  • Meakim
5:06
8."Double Dutch"Daniels1:33
9."The Body, It Bends (ペルセポネが帰ってきた!)"
  • Daniels
  • Fredrickson
  • Goma
  • Meakim
3:45
10."Oh, I'm a Wrecker (What to Say to Crazy People)"
  • Daniels
  • Goma
  • Newmyer
4:08
11."Golden Waves"
  • Daniels
  • Fredrickson
  • Goma
4:10
Total length:47:13

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [20]

A Sunny Day in Glasgow

Additional musicians

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] 42
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [22] 12

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  3. 1 2 Sendra, Tim. "Sea When Absent – A Sunny Day in Glasgow". AllMusic . Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ A Sunny Day in Glasgow. "In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing)". Bandcamp . Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ "New Album 'Sea When Absent' Out On Lefse Records June 24!". asunnydayinglasgow.com. March 25, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
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  8. ↑ "Stream New Albums From A Sunny Day in Glasgow and Total Control Via Pitchfork Advance". Pitchfork . June 16, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  9. 1 2 Gwyn, Phil (August 14, 2014). "Ben Daniels of A Sunny Day in Glasgow: 'It's more of a band now'". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved August 14, 2014.
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  11. ↑ "Sea When Absent by A Sunny Day in Glasgow Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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