Sea Fever reveal “Italo-Manc disco track" GO TO GROUND

Sea Fever get one single closer to the release of their second album, daring to dream with effusive “Italo-Manc disco track”…

GO TO GROUND

Coming down on the side of outsiders and dreamers, Sea Fever release the fourth tease from their anticipated May album, Surface Sound A run of new live appearances includes a confirmed appearance at Kendal Calling and four, special and intimate instore performances
 
Sea Fever – Go To Ground
OUT NOW
From the new album, Surface Sound – Out on Fri 30 May 2025
Released on Cosmic Glue
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Flowering into pure confidence and blooming with possibility, Manchester’s carriers of the synth-powered flame, Sea Fever, sing an up-front and high-octane dancefloor anthem for those cast out and lost for belief with the release of their latest single, Go To Ground – OUT NOW. Picking up the breadcrumb trail left by pioneers of electronic music past, not least Giorgio Moroder, the tight-knit five-piece foundry of new ideas in sound release the single as the latest, anticipation-superheating hint of what lies in store on their upcoming, second album, Surface Sound, released on Fri 30 May 2025 on Cosmic Glue.
 
Having introduced themselves to 2025 with the frosted and cracked winter splendour of Loose Cut at the turn of the year, quickly followed up with bold album opener, Breaking Out, in February, Sea Fever’s declared sense of refreshed cohesion and self-assurance has already seen them outjump the artistic leaps evident on their acclaimed debut, 2021’s Folding Lines. Putting another piece of the puzzle gently into place with the ‘leak’ of the cut-glass-guitars-by-weighty-beats anthem, Shouldn’t Have Been This Way, every minute of the band’s collective, main stage experience is revealed.
 
Applying equal importance to studio and stage, the band’s select list live appearances, complete with a wash of bespoke visuals, grows with confirmation of Kendal Calling in their summer calendar. Three, intimate acoustic instore appearances are also confirmed, in addition to a special hometown album launch show at The Yard in Manchester on Fri 30 May 2025.
 
While bassist, Tom Chapman, also a member of New Order, names Go To Ground as the band’s “Italo-Manc disco track… an electronic funky experiment of syncopated beats and anthemic chorus”, the lyrical context reveals sensitivities to be found within the welcome sense of bombastic, wired abandon.

“’Go To Ground’ is an upbeat, no-nonsense song about ambition and change,” says singer, guitarist and lyricist, Iwan Gronow. “People can be held back by the system, dulled down and told to stay in their place and this is our call to climb out of the box that people put us in. Positive thinking brought me to Manchester in the first place, grew my self-belief and I’ve always tried to follow this doctrine. Feelings of being lost change to being more certain about who you are and where you are going.”
 
Released on multiple formats, including vinyl, CD and digital, Surface Sound was written and recorded in studios in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, self-produced by Sea Fever with support from long-term collaborator and Pet Shop Boys’ musical director, Pete Gleadall. Special vinyl editions of Surface Sound will be packaged with a bonus 7” featuring Explanation, Sea Fever’s collaborative track with the late, much-missed Primal Scream and Electronic singer, Denise Johnson.
 
Taking every intricate, vintage synth-borne melody and danceable beat out to carefully chosen venues, all upcoming Sea Fever live appearances are confirmed as follows:

• Fri 30 May – Manchester, The Yard – Special Album Launch Show

• Sat 31 May – Halifax, Loafers

• Tue 1 July – Liverpool, Jacaranda

• Wed 2 July – Bury, Wax and Beans

• Sat 2 August – Kendal, Kendal Calling

• Tue 5 August – Kingston, Banquet Records

Tickets and bundles are available by following links posted at https://linktr.ee/seafeverband
 
Sea Fever’s story became public with the release of their first single, Crossed Wires, in 2021. The band gathers the innate, restless artistry, studio craft and stage experience of Gronow and Chapman alongside New Order guitarist, Phil Cunningham, Section 25’s Beth Cassidy and drummer, Elliot Barlow, formerly of Brix and The Extricated. Gronow’s own international touring and extensive record-making experience comes as a former member of cult indie heartbreakers, Haven, and a constant by the side of Johnny Marr as his bassist of more than a decade.
 
For the most up-to-date information on Sea Fever, including advance notice of new music and both headline gig and festival announcements, connect with the band online at:
 
https://www.instagram.com/seafeverband
https://www.facebook.com/seafeverband
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