Drink the Sea at the Lodge Room

The words "super group" can strike fear into the hearts of music aficionados. Thoughts of Asia (the band, not the continent) can raise worrying ideas of overblown production and no small amount of pomposity. Drink the Sea is the antithesis of this. Yes, technically, the band members are well known in alt-rock circles thanks to their celebrated work with other bands. It's a group, and by golly it's super! But these old friends, and they clearly are old friends, don't have one iota of pomposity about them. This is authentically emotive, mood-driven, no-frills art-rock. Gothic, but not in a "white […] The post Drink the Sea at the Lodge Room first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.