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Feature: Remnants of The Calm Blue Sea via Red River Noise
“Luck,” Steve Bidwell says in a dry, unwavering voice.
“Luck,” Chris Patin follows in the same tone.
Luck. The word finds itself suspended in a brief, yet lingering silence. It’s the word the two original members of The Calm Blue Sea use to describe the band’s return from an 18-month hiatus.
“Certain stars aligned,” Bidwell explains. A series of seemingly cosmic events triggered the return of the celestial post-rockers, beginning with their signing to Modern Outsider, an ambitious new record label and management company with a small but promising roster of indie rock up-and-comers.
Personnel issues, new opportunities, financial struggles and a disconnect in priorities were all catalysts for a hiatus that began at the conclusion of a national tour in the summer of 2009.To read the rest of the article and hear about how the brilliant post-rock band has risen from the ashes, click on the photograph or right here!
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Written by Annar Verold. Photographs by Shelley Neuman
