Biography
Seazoo began in Wrexham when Ben Trow and Llinos Griffiths first assembled the project as a bedroom-recording duo. Their opening release arrived in April 2013 with the self-issued EP Ken. The material fused American indie rock influences from Pavement and Grandaddy together with the eccentric Welsh pop approach of Super Furry Animals and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, earning early BBC airplay that helped build an audience. Although the pair had planned to keep the endeavor strictly home-based, they expanded into a full lineup by recruiting Steffan Owens on drums, Dan West on guitar, and Mike Smith on bass, enabling a first live appearance at the Llangollen Fringe Festival in North Wales only months later. A second single, “Dog Hotel,” surfaced that October.
Ongoing BBC exposure continued through the broadcaster’s Horizons partnership with the Arts Council of Wales, which promoted emerging independent artists while the group balanced gigging with further recording. In 2015 the band traveled to Maida Vale studios for a session with BBC DJ and former Fall bassist Marc Riley. Several months afterward, Trow and Griffiths issued another home-recorded EP, Car Deborah. The same year marked the start of work on a debut album. More shows followed, and in 2016 the group placed the single “Teeth” with the Too Pure singles club.
Nearly two years of recording yielded the first album tracks in 2017—“Dig,” “Roy’s World,” and “Shoreline”—which the BBC again supported through playlisting and a second Marc Riley session. At the start of 2018 the band self-released its debut album Trunks, once more recorded at home by Trow and Griffiths.
Ongoing BBC exposure continued through the broadcaster’s Horizons partnership with the Arts Council of Wales, which promoted emerging independent artists while the group balanced gigging with further recording. In 2015 the band traveled to Maida Vale studios for a session with BBC DJ and former Fall bassist Marc Riley. Several months afterward, Trow and Griffiths issued another home-recorded EP, Car Deborah. The same year marked the start of work on a debut album. More shows followed, and in 2016 the group placed the single “Teeth” with the Too Pure singles club.
Nearly two years of recording yielded the first album tracks in 2017—“Dig,” “Roy’s World,” and “Shoreline”—which the BBC again supported through playlisting and a second Marc Riley session. At the start of 2018 the band self-released its debut album Trunks, once more recorded at home by Trow and Griffiths.
Albums
Singles
