| 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 |
| Prev Title: | My Year in Lists |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future | |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | There Are Listed Buildings |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"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]
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]