First show of the year

Hello, here's our first show of the year. We'll be headlining a show at the Captain Cook Hotel in support of the first Aus tour by multi-instrumentalistMy Empty Phantom from the US. He's played shows with bands like A Silver Mt Zion, and worked with National Geographic to create some music for them. Interesting stuff.

We've been playing in dark rooms for the last 4 months, be good to get back out into the world, come check out our lack of tanning and watch us play some new stuff.
24th April. $10.

Facebook event page
https://www.facebook.com/events/1613030245583420/

 

Review of our show with Jakob in December

We Lost The Sea were the absolute highlights of the night. A statement so bold wouldn’t generally come so early in a review, usually electing to lull the reader into some sort of suspense before finally reasoning that the support act ultimately trumped the headliner. Too bad. This band was really exciting. Post-rock bands probably hate being compared to others in their field, a criticism that’s hardly fair based on how intricate the arrangements are. We’ll go with this then: It started with crystal clean Explosions In The Sky guitars that grew – as the set did – into something entirely different. A beautiful audio snippet was a highlight, distorted just enough that you know what the person’s saying is important, but can’t make out the words.

This kind of restraint is what post-rock is all about. The band would build and build, beautiful cacophonies, the instruments sounding as if they were being amplified in the darkest cave. Nine times out of ten these intense builds would grow to the point where you could anticipate the second where shit got real. Then, suddenly, the song would trail off. It’s that one pounding moment, when they’ve finally made you think that they’re not that kind of band, that all hell breaks loose. When We Lost The Sea is firing on all cylinders the music is searing, hot to the touch.

Full review here

Thank you

So our year has come to an end with 2 awesome shows with Jakob and The Seaport & The Airport. 2014 was a big year for us and it's been awesome. We've played some rad shows with great bands and nice people and made some new friends. Special thanks goes out to The Bird's Robe Collective, Life is Noise, Metropolis Touring, Art As Catharsis, Beatdisc Records, Manning Bar, Hermann's Bar, Tony Nguyen, Lochlan Watt, James atFrom the Pit, Lord Asgard at Adversary Studios and any other photographers that shot our mugs and put them online. Also like to thank all the bands we played with especially Fourteen Nights At Sea, Bear the Mammoth, Caspian,Maybeshewill and Jakob for being super nice to us. And of course our mates and girlfriends/wives for putting up with us, and all of you amazing people who supported us by buying our shit, coming to shows or being a mad social media clicker. 

We've already got some bigger plans for next year, part of which includes a new album, and some exciting shows. We're going to take a step back over the next few months to finish writing, and will see you in a bit. Stay tuned for some big things in 2015. Thanks. Peace. 

WLTS.

JAKOB Support shows

Ok so we're pretty excited to announce that we'll be supporting NZ post rock legends Jakob in Sydney and Wollongong on their Australian tour in about 3 weeks time. Info and tickets in the link below. 

These will be our last shows for 2014. It's been a big year for us, and this will be a great finish. Come and join us, have a beer, throw a claw, etc. Cheers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/326536507520249/

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Paint It Blue

We were asked to be part of a special show happening in Melbourne on the 11th of Oct. This is a tribute show associated with beyondblue and coincides with Mental Health Week. As you all know, this is a cause we feel strongly about and we were more than stoked to be asked to headline this 7 band bill, especially in Melbourne and with such an awesome lineup. This will be a huge night. 

Details here: http://www.welostthesea.com/shows/

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Pelican show review

Here's a review of the Pelican show the other week. Nice one. Thanks. 

Words by Rahul Menon

The very awesome Pelican made their return to Australian shores, and it promised to be an amazing sonic experience. The night was, simply put, amazing! The vibe at the Manning Bar was excellent, the support bands brought out their best performances, and Pelican, as expected, were sounding absolutely huge!

Starting off the night was Sydney's very own We Lost the Sea. I had the opportunity to see these guys before when they were supporting Caspian earlier this year, and this time they were even better. They got my complete attention within moments of them starting to play, and their performance was one incredible progressive post rock journey. Starting off the set with slow, brooding, and haunting tunes, they slowly and steadily picked up the tempo and the heaviness and around the middle of their set they washed over the Manning Bar with an incredible sound. They were trippy, emitting great moving energy, and they successfully transported the fully immersed concert goers to a whole new world of blissfulness. The ambiance and atmosphere they created was just so good, and they should be well and truly proud of their performance.

Full review: http://themetalforge.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2197

TRIBUTE SHOW DONATION TO BEYONDBLUE

An update on our tribute and fundraiser show in April: we've finally collected all the money and donated $4615 to beyondblue. A massive thank you to everyone who came, those who donated, all the bands that played and the individuals who helped make it all happen and for supporting a worthy cause and an epic tribute. Peace.

Tribute show poster and Crimea download

One more thing while we're announcing things this week: There were some posters left over from the tribute show on the weekend, so we've decided to put them up for sale by a pay-what-you-want donation (starting at $5) and you also get a download of the remastered Crimea album. All money goes to beyondblue. 

We'll be announcing final donation totals when we have them, next week. Thanks for all your support, it means a lot. Peace.

https://welostthesea.bandcamp.com/merch/tribute-show-poster-crimea-download

Crimea Vinyls have arrived

The Crimea vinyls have finally arrived and what better way to celebrate then an intimate show in one of Sydneys best independent record stores Beatdisc Records . Joining us will be Lo! and Cittagazze.

For those of you that have pre-ordered the vinyl we'll be having a working bee on the weekend and packing up all the orders to send Monday/Tuesday next week. Thank you all for your patience.  

Here's the Facebook event page

You can check out the Crimea vinyls over at Bandcamp

A Collection of songs & a dedication to Chris Torpy

As well as the show next week we have also put together a compilation with the help of Lachlan R. Dale of Art As Catharsis. The release includes tracks from Chris' bands, tracks that he contributed on and tracks from bands that wanted to pay tribute to him. 

We can not adequately express our gratitude to all the people that have taken part in this compilation and the in the show next weekend. Chris was passionate about music and having a compilation of other passionate musicians is the perfect way to pay tribute to someone we love and miss dearly.

All proceeds from this compilation will be donated tobeyondblue. 

Thank you all for your support. It means more to us then we could ever thank you for.

We Lost The Sea

http://artascatharsis.bandcamp.com/album/a-collection-of-songs-a-dedication-to-chris-torpy