Where The Land Meets The Sea’s official debut EP, Listen For The Gulls, pulls together five tracks of dynamic new wave indie rock. I covered the band’s demo a while back and all three songs are here plus two others. Based on the demo Where The Land Meets The Sea could have gone one of two ways. The band could have brightened everything up and gone in a more poppy direction or they could choose to darken the atmospheres down. The band, made up of ex-members of Lock And Key and Smoke Or Fire as well as current members of The Cold Beat, chose the latter approach and for the most part it works really well. There is still that punk rock attitude that shines through here and leads to the Pretty Girls Make Graves comparisons maintaining their accuracy. But, as much as I dig the prominent female vocals I wish the interplay between the male/female vocals was more prevalent throughout. That’s only a minor complaint though. Listen For The Gulls is a nice evolution from the band’s demo. Here’s hoping Where The Land Meets The Sea sticks around to sharpen their craft even more.
Label: Self-Released
