Band of the Week: Seahaven

Seahaven are that band that you fall in love with the moment you hear them. They're four boys from California who have been making some of the most beautiful gloom on the other side of the pond since 2009. In the five years they have been together they have released a few EPs and two albums, each of which make you swoon, smile and cry in equal measures. They ocassionally make you want to mosh and dance but this band are truly at their best when they leave you captivated by their lyrics.

Vocalist Kyle Soto has the voice of an angel shrouded in angst and sadness whilst fellow band mates, Michael Craver (guitar), Mike DeBartolo (bass) and James Phillips (drums) create noise around the sadness to produce something pretty spine-tingling and unique. There aren't many bands out there which sound like Seahaven do. If you crossed the indie-folk sound that is Stornoway with the beautiful melodic hardcore group, Basement, you'd get somewhere close to what Seahaven are like. They have that softness to their sound which makes them shine through the crowd of alternative, hardcore, indie, rock, punk groups that are so prominent in the present day. They are a band who deserve to be so much bigger than they actually are so please go show these boys some support. They are simply beautiful.

Listen to: Winter Forever, the whole album, now.

Catch the boys on tour in the UK supporting the brilliant Balance and Composure in October.