The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future explained

The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future
Type:promo
Artist:Los Campesinos!
Album:Romance Is Boring
Released:2 September 2009
Genre:Indie pop
Label:Wichita
Producer:John Goodmanson
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"The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" is a song by Welsh indie pop band Los Campesinos!, released on 2 September 2009 as a promotional single for their third studio album, Romance is Boring.

An accompanying music video was shot in Barry Island and directed by band bassist Ellen Waddell.[1]

In 2020, it was ranked number 90 on the "100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time" list by Vulture.

In November 2021, the band released a remastered version of the track, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of Romance is Boring.[2] [3]

Reception

The song was named the week's "best new track" by music publication Pitchfork, with reviewer Ryan Dombal praising its "grand arrangements and transcendental gut-wrenching" lyricism.[4]

Interpreting the lyrics to tell the story of a suicidal girl and her lover, Vulture writer Ian Cohen described the track as "five uninterrupted minutes of tidal post-rock" and a "future genre classic, even if no one really knew what to call it".[5]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009-09-09 . New Los Campesinos! – "The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future" . 2022-10-15 . Stereogum . en.
  2. Web site: Ruiz . Matthew . 2021-11-16 . Los Campesinos! Announce Anniversary Reissues of Romance Is Boring and Hello Sadness . 2022-10-15 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  3. Web site: Neale . Matthew . 2021-11-17 . Los Campesinos! detail 'Romance Is Boring' and 'Hello Sadness' anniversary reissues . 2022-10-15 . NME . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Dombal . Ryan . 20 September 2009 . Los Campesinos!: "The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" . 2022-10-15 . Pitchfork . en-US.
  5. Web site: Cohen . Ian . 2020-02-13 . The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time . 2022-10-15 . Vulture . en-us.