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Get it? Where the Land Meets The Sea. Ah…anyway, made up of ex-members of Lock And Key and Smoke Or Fire, Where The Land Meets The Sea sounds nothing like you might expect. I had the pleasure of getting a copy of the band’s demo recently and at least I was warned beforehand to adjust my ears a little bit. The band plays synthy indie rock with an anthemic punk bite. The male/female vocals instantly remind one of The Anniversary but there are also odes to bands like Minus The Bear and Rainer Maria. But the band I can not keep out of my head when listening to Where The Land Meets The Sea is Pretty Girls Make Graves. These rough mixes show an incredible amount of promise and all three songs reside on the band’s myspace. Check them out.
by Will - Sound as language
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Listen for the gulls EP 2008
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Where the Land Meets the Sea formed under the influence of whiskey, frustration, and friendship in 2006 between vox/synth player Nikki Dessingue and former Lock and Key guitarist Mike Vera. The project began with an acoustic guitar and a $75 Yamaha keyboard in Mike’s bedroom in Allston, MA. The search for a rhythm section seemed insurmountable until ex Smoke or Fire drummer, Nick Maggiore, and current Movers and Shakers bassist, Dan Wallace, came into the picture. The next year was spent taking inspiration from some long-time favorite influences, ranging from Minus the Bear to Cursive, Death Cab for Cutie to The Anniversary, to churn out their brand of dueling boy-girl indie rock. It wasn’t until a few months later that Vera and Wallace took a note from Sean Connery’s best work “Zardoz” and gave the band its novel-esque name. After a couple sessions in the basement of the Hotel Buckminster, far too much use of a Macintosh and chemical abuse, they had their first demos. Nearly a year later, Where the Land Meets the Sea completed it’s usurping of former Lock and Key members, by swapping Wallace for L&K’s latest bassist, J.T. Hargrove. Where the Land Meets the Sea is scheduled to release their first 5-song EP this fall after only 2 long years of preparation. Whatever, these things take time.
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