Sea Girls to go along with your Saturday – in concert from the 2018 BBC Biggest Weekend Introducing Stage – recorded on May 26, 2018.
Sea Girls are from Kent, Rutland and Leicestershire, England. The group is comprised of Henry Camamile (lead vocals, rhythm), Oliver Khan (drums), Rory Young (lead guitar) and Andrew Dawson (bass).
The four-piece have stated that they’re influenced by the likes of Bastille and The Kooks and admire them for their song-writing ability, which Sea Girls also take great pride in.
The band’s debut EP, Call Me Out, was released in June 2017, named after their wildly popular track “Call Me Out”.
The band’s debut album, Open Up Your Head, was released in August 2020, and peaked at #3 on the UK Album Charts.
The band’s debut single, “Call Me Out”, was self-released on 1 June 2017. This live fan favorite was succeeded by the release of a four-track EP of the same name on 8 June 2017. Their second EP, Heavenly War, was released on 4 January 2018. A third EP, Adored, was released on 5 June 2018 as a tribute to the band’s first single, “Call Me Out”.[10] To celebrate this anniversary, Sea Girls released this EP as a special edition 7″ vinyl. These EPs were all self-released before the band eventually signed with Polydor Records in 2019.
Sea Girls started out the 2018 festival season at the BBC Music festival The Biggest Weekend 26 May 2018 in Swansea (the one you’re about to listen to now!). They went on to play the Reading and Leeds Festivals on 25 and 26 August 2018.The band was invited back to play the festival the following year in 2019.
Their last single of 2018, “All I Want to Hear You Say”, released 11 September, set the band up to be featured as part of predicted successful acts of 2019 by multiple sources. In December 2018, it was announced that Sea Girls had been included in the BBC’s Sound of 2019 poll. The band were also included on predictors of successful acts in 2019 by Radio X, It’s All Indie, and Dork. It was announced in May 2019 that the group had signed a worldwide multi-album deal with Polydor Records. Their first release under Polydor, “Damage Done”, was released on 7 May 2019. It was then named by Annie Mac as the hottest record in the world on BBC Radio 1 Annie Mac show. The band’s second single released under Polydor was “Violet” on 20 August of the same year, and was once again praised as the hottest record in the world by Annie Mac.
Shortly after the band’s first signed release it was also announced that they would be supporting Russian and Ukraine tour dates in August of Foals’s Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost World Tour. In December 2019 the band completed their first American tour, playing shows at the Mercury Lounge in New York City and at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles. Sea Girls closed out 2019 with an inclusion in the MTV Push: Ones To Watch 2020 shortlist.
