work is a [4] four letter WORD.

[3] three months. yeah. it's been [3] three months & [7] seven days since the last post.

time to play catch up! haha. i guess it was a combination of laziness & busyness. [or business, depending] in varying degrees & percentages. this lapse in entries doesn't mean that we haven't been working. quite the contrary. there's always something cooking inthe jealous sea kitchen!

where to start? hrrrm...

01. we got to meet dale, ryan & lorelie of apple orchard/golden teardrops fame [they are extremely cool indie pop kids!] at the camera obscura show [08 june 2009] at the fillmore. [if we look starstruck, it's 'cause we were. tracey & co. were amaaazing!] and if you haven't already checked out apple orchard's & golden teardrops's music--do yourself a favour. click the links. you won't regret it!

[l to r : taylor, me, ryan & lorelie]

[l to r : taylor, me, dale & ryan]

02. we've been getting some podcast/internet support from various sources as well. the lovely kids at this elegant chaos & one step beyond/pop on paper have been great to us. thanks so much guys!

i guess that's as good a place to start as any. we're definitely not finished yet! hehe. be sure to swing by all the pages mentioned. we're guarantee that you'll hear something you like! :)

one step BEYOND.

it's messages like this that make me smile. we had [2] two of our songs played on one step beyond, a podcast based in leipzig in march of this year. i found the above in my last.fm inbox a few days ago. it was inspiring to hear that "moving targets [eventually get hit]" was a "kind of underground hit." success in europe? not out of the question now, i suppose. i'm always surprised when we make fans that are so encouraging. thanks so much sindyan! we'll be grinning indefinitely. :)

so you had better do as you are told. you better listen to the RADIO!

google-ing one's self. i know, i know. sounds kind of naughty & risqué, no? i suppose it could be. haha. it's interesting to see what you'll find. it's a hit or miss kind of thing, really. but sometimes...you find gold.

our song "a boy, a girl & a rendez-vous" [which was recently featured on the eardrums pop BIRDSONGS, BEESONGS VOLUME B compilation] made it onto dj dave's playlist for 14 april 2009! the STEREOPHONIC HI-FI HAPPY HOUR is his radio show that resides at the U [the university of missouri-st louis student radio] on tuesdays 7-8 pm. we shared the slot with brilliant artists such as : the jesus & mary chain, cornershop, the apples in stereo & it's a musical.

this makes us extremely happy. more airplay in more places is awesome. hopefully we'll make more friends/fans as a result. we'll keep our fingers crossed. :)

volume BEE.

if [1] one free compilation featuring us this month wasn't enough for you guys & gals--then thank your lucky stars! 'cause here's another!


the new spring compilation from our friend, knut b. lindbjör's eardrums pop "BIRDSONGS, BEESONGS" is now available. so far, [2] two volumes have been released. we are on volume B. or volume BEE, i suppose. haha.

01 promise and the monster - words

02 parachutes - tree roots turn to forts

03 charlotte & magon - i love you, you are my friend

04 martin carr - why you gotta bring me all this rain

05 monobird - exploding view

06 THE JEALOUS SEA - A BOY, A GIRL & A RENDEZ-VOUS

07 no kids/mount eerie - prisoner of desire

08 the electones - the huntress

09 cryptacize - mythomania

10 seeland - pretty bird [alt. version]

11 looking glass - ah la la

12 blue roses - doubtful comforts

13 tailor made for a small room - pleasant hill

14 montt mardié - castle in the sky

15 tim & sam's tim & the sam band with tim & sam - inside the egg

16 arthur and martha - japanese kiss

17 wild honey - the house by the sea

18 wisdomtooth - bandits

19 tramontana - low rise

20 aquella illusion - buscador

21 jonathan johansson - du sa

our contribution is named after a red roses for me compilation that featured aberdeen's cover of biff bang pow's "she never understood." our song is about a couple separated by several degrees. [time/distance/where they are in life] it works on different levels, really. it's also the only jealous sea song [so far] to feature the "spoken word bridge" made popular by several 60's soul songs. if it worked for belle & sebastian, why wouldn't it work for us, right? hehe.

ps : if you download anything from the eardrums pop site, please give something back. thanks so much!

so love me, hold me. 'cause i'm FREE.

UNDER THE COVERS, the [3rd] third volume of dale marquez's mp3 compilation series, is [finally!] up for download. this time around [21] twenty-one filipino indie pop bands participated.

we're quite fond of track number [12] twelve. hehe.

nocturnal we - femme fatale [velvet underground]

golden teardrops - if i needed someone [the beatles]

carnival park - portland, oregon [the cat's miaow]

scattered pearls - the lucky one [au revoir simone]

that lingering feeling - abandon ship [april showers]

the fantasy lights - loveless [new order]

superminty - time thief [pale saints]

some gorgeous accident - brighter [the railway children]

lovely days and loud hurrays - before we begin [broadcast]

so the jerk - hole in my heart [bmx bandits]

farewell isobel - keep your love [the loveninjas]

the jealous sea - toy tambourine [aberdeen]

soft pillow kisses - over the rainbow [the crooner]

the wentletraps - just like honey [the jesus and mary chain]

apple orchard - appetite [prefab sprout]

camera shy - afterhours [velvet underground]

radiomanila - saving all my love for you [marilyn mcCoo and billy davis, jr./whitney houston)

candyaudioline - nothing much to lose [my bloody valentine]

sonnet LVIII - skyscrapers of st. mirin [live] [the close lobsters]

sarah sitting - why baby [live] [aislers set]

lazy lorelei - know who you are at every age [live] [cocteau twins]

you can download it from either of these links :

un
deux

the music may be free, but this compilation is priceless!

what you give is what you GET.

proof that the internet brings the world a little closer together : our friend sindyan in sachsen, germany was nice enough to include us on his 02 march 2009 podcast of one step beyond.

our songs "all over town" & "moving targets [eventually get hit]" set sail on the internet airwaves via his leipzig based radio show. we kept good company with the likes of : of montreal, phoenix, teitur, crystal stilts, wire, morrissey, television personalities, cause co-motion, bobby sheen, camera obscura, el perro del mar, the pains of being pure at heart, the saturday people, action painting!, heinz strunk, yeah yeah yeahs, gentle touch, whomadewho, steve cradock & primal scream!

you can download the set & enjoy the great bands/songs that were played :

part [1] one
part [2] two

it was great working with him & we really appreciate the overseas support! these guys are class acts! mit tiefer fankbarkeit!

the sincerest form of FLATTERY.

as we are fans before we are musicians--paying homage to one of our influences is a welcome thing. we recently recorded a song for dale marquez's long awaited follow up to last year's brilliant "strange carousels" online compilation. [which is still available for download] it is tentatively titled "under the covers." [it is not yet available for download, but we'll let you know as soon as it is!]

so, the theme this time around? ding-ding-ding! you guessed it--cover songs!

our contribution to the project was an attempt to do right by one of our most favourite bands in the entire world : aberdeen. [if you've never heard them, we strongly urge you to do so. their music changed our lives!]

the song : "toy tambourine." i think that we did quite well. we even got a thumbs up from mr. john girgus himself. no compliment could be worth more. :)