British Sea Power Valhalla Dancehall

• Who's in Control
• We Are Sound
• Georgie Ray
• Stunde Null
• Mongk II
• Luna
• Baby
• Living Is So Easy
• Observe the Skies
• Cleaning Out the Rooms
• Thin Black Sail
• Once More Now
• Heavy Water

Shapeshifting British rockers British Sea Power return with their fifth album, which is said to take influence from artists as disparate as Lee "Scratch" Perry, Kraftwerk, and Serge Gainsbourg in an attempt to mix up their usual bookish indie rock. Lead single "Living Is So Easy" certainly reflects the shift in sound, riding on a steady electronic pulse while various keyboards chime in throughout. The band is quick to admit the lack of dancehall sounds on the album, instead taking the literary route, claiming that the album is their attempt to recreate whatever music might be playing in the Norse version of heaven, Valhalla.

Abstract by Erik Ziedses des Plantes