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Before I Saw The Sea

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  • T-Shirt/Shirt + Digital Album

    Limited edition t-shirts featuring stunning designs by artist Jesse Stone. Printed in glorious full colour on organic cotton, with two different design options. Available in S, M, L and XL

    Includes unlimited streaming of Before I Saw The Sea via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Artwork from all four singles printed on heavy card 14.5cm x 14.5cm with a lush matte finish, designed by artist Jesse Stone.
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  • Before I Saw The Sea - Bundle - PRE-ORDER REPRESS -

    Our first vinyl pressing has sold out, so we are now taking pre-orders on bundles!

    A big bundle of merch from our album 'Before I Saw The Sea', featuring:
    - 12" vinyl LP
    - Postcard set
    - T-Shirt in white or blue

    Includes unlimited streaming of Before I Saw The Sea via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes a short essay on the album, lyrics and photos from the studio sessions.

    Comes with unlimited streaming of the album via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Before I Saw The Sea via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    FIRST PRESSING SOLD OUT! PRE-ORDER THE REPRESS, set for delivery December 2023

    A beautiful 12" vinyl edition of 'Before I Saw The Sea', with the artwork in stunning large format and the audio on deliciously warm wax!

    Includes an insert with a short essay on the album, lyrics and photos from the studio sessions.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Before I Saw The Sea via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Before I Saw The Sea is a song about anticipation and change. The moments in which we feel the certainties that hold us securely in place come adrift. Out 4th October, the first single from Me and My Friends’ forthcoming album of the same name is an immersive nighttime meditation conceived during lockdown, its deliciously laidback groove combining bittersweet nostalgia with a hypnotic rhythmic interplay. This is a record made to accompany journeys when none could be made, as we awaited the parting of the stormy clouds.

Lockdowns brought us into a collective sense of time that was abruptly unhurried, yet filled with an urgent sense of anticipation. Before I saw the sea is a reflection of this state of being, its slow-burning Afrobeat overlaid with singer and songwriter Nick Rasle’s haunting, honey-dipped vocal brimming with understated melancholy. The song brings us into the moment before a decision is made on a relationship, into a clarity of thought brought forth when awaking away from our place of routine.

“There is a house by the sea on Portland, UK that I’ve stayed at many times, where the bed has a view over the sea. I wanted to convey the feeling of waking up there, looking out at the cloudy sun hanging low over the waves, with your mind free to wander”. Singer and Guitarist, Nick Rasle

Before I Saw The Sea is an intimate, reflective take on the band’s signature sound. Built through a series of experimental, pandemic-enforced Zoom writing sessions, this music reflects a thread held onto, a collective sense of purpose, as all else seemed to become untethered.

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from Before I Saw The Sea, track released October 4, 2022

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Me and My Friends Bristol, UK

Me and My Friends play soulful, poignant music with a beat: a unique blend of Afrobeat grooves with deliciously rich harmonies, languidly graceful cello and playfully funky clarinet, all tied together by the hauntingly elegant voice of singer and guitarist Nick Rasle.

Over the past decade they have gained support from the likes of Giles Peterson, Cerys Matthews, FiP, Soundway and Quantic. ... more

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