Sea Wolf is an American band led by Alex Brown Church, an

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musician based in

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, United States.

History

Church attended film school at

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and was a founding member of a group called Irving in 1998. Many of the songs he wrote as a member of Irving didn't fit the group's style, so Church began performing as Sea Wolf with a rotating ensemble of backing musicians, playing locally in Los Angeles and recording demos in

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with producer

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. Sea Wolf signed to

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in 2007 and released the '' Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low'' EP and a full-length titled ''

Leaves In The River ''Leaves in the River'' is the full-length debut album by Sea Wolf, released on September 25, 2007. Track listing All songs by Alex Brown Church. # "Leaves in the River" - 4:57 # "Winter Windows" - 3:51 # "Black Dirt" - 3:39 # "The Rose Captai ...

''. The latter hit No. 24 on the

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Heatseekers chart. Church named the band after Jack London's novel

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, saying that he identifies with the main character, a sea captain who is a "self-taught, blue-collar intellectual guy." On September 22, 2009, Sea Wolf's second album, ''White Water, White Bloom'' was released by Dangerbird Records. The album was produced by Mike Mogis at his studio in Omaha. Sea Wolf contributed a song entitled "Song of the Magpie" to the audio book for

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' book "

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". Burroughs asked Sea Wolf’s Alex Brown Church to read the book and respond with an original song. Sea Wolf also wrote a song titled "The Violet Hour" in 2009 for the second part of the Twilight movie series, ''

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''. Following the release of ''

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'' in 2012, Church and company toured extensively before returning to the Sea Wolf studio in late 2013 to write and record an experimental 'stripped down' album, which would eventually be titled Song Spells, No. 1: Cedarsmoke. The album was meant to explore the sonic landscape and feel of the earliest Sea Wolf songs while also providing an outlet for Church to experiment with new ideas and working methods. Geared toward existing fans of the band, the album was not intended as the next 'official' label-backed studio album, and was funded through a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. During the 4 month process of writing and recording the album, the idea of the series came about, and while it was never intended to be released on a wide scale, soon after its completion it was announced that this first entry in the series would be 'given back to fans' by releasing it exclusively through music streaming services and as a pay-what-you-wish download on the band's website. The band announced in early 2017 via its website and social media that a new album is in progress. On December 5, 2019, the band released a new single titled "Fear of Failure", and announced their new studio album titled ''Through A Dark Wood''.

Members

* Alex Brown Church – guitar, vocals * Lisa Fendelander – keyboards * Joey Ficken – drums * Scott Leahy – guitar

Discography

*'' Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low'' (EP) (

, 2007) *''

Leaves in the River ''Leaves in the River'' is the full-length debut album by Sea Wolf, released on September 25, 2007. Track listing All songs by Alex Brown Church. # "Leaves in the River" - 4:57 # "Winter Windows" - 3:51 # "Black Dirt" - 3:39 # "The Rose Captai ...

'' (Dangerbird, 2007) *''

White Water, White Bloom ''White Water, White Bloom'' is the second full-length album by the indie rock band Sea Wolf, released in 2009 on Dangerbird Records. The first single from the album was "Wicked Blood". Track listing All songs by Alex Brown Church. # "Wicked Bl ...

'' (Dangerbird, 2009) *''

'' (Dangerbird, 2012) *'' Song Spells, No. 1: Cedarsmoke'' (self-released, 2014) *''Through A Dark Wood (''Dangerbird'', 2020)'' *''Through A Dark Wood (Deluxe) (''Dangerbird'', 2021)''

References

External links

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Sea Wolf on FacebookSea Wolf on dangerbirdrecords.com
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