Sunken Seas

Sunken Seas
Origin	Wellington, New Zealand
Genres	Shoegaze, Post Rock
Years active	2011 - Present
Labels	Muzai Records, Tenzenmen
Website	Official website
Members	Ryan Harte Luke Kavanagh David Provan Jordan Puryer
Past members	Craig Rattray (Drums) Samuel Lovrich-Fitzpatrick (Drums) Jack Hooker (Bass)

Sunken Seas are a four piece Shoegaze rock band from Auckland New Zealand formed in late 2011 previously signed to Muzai Records.

Their debut album Null Hour was released to positive reviews ^[1] in June 2012 via Muzai Records in New Zealand and Internationally via Australian label Tenzenmen.^[2]

The album was nominated for the 2013 Taite Music Prize.^[3]

Following two Australian International tours in 2013^[4] and festival appearances at the Chronophonium Festival ^[5] and Camp A_Low_Hum the band recorded an EP ‘Cataclysm’ with New Zealand recording engineer Nick Roughan of The Skeptics in July 2013 and released the debut single from the EP shortly afterwards ^[6] to favourable reviews most notably from Everett True^[7]

A short film entitled 'Cataclysm' concerning Existentialism was produced and released by the band on the release of the EP.^[8]

Sunken Seas have toured with The Black Angels,^[9] Wooden Shjips , Bailterspace & John Cooper Clarke.

In August 2015 the band announced they were to self release a second album entitled Glass to be released in September 2015, and would be touring New Zealand.^[10] The album made the New Zealand Top 20 charts. ^[11] The album was met with favorable reviews. ^{[12] [13]}

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Details	Peak chart positions
			NZ
2015	Glass [14]	Released: 25 September 2015 Formats: Digital download Label: Self-Released	12
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Year	Title	Details	Peak chart positions
			NZ
2012	Null Hour [15]	Released: 28 June 2012 Formats: CD/Digital download Label: Muzai Records	-
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

EPs

Year	Title	Details	Peak chart positions
			NZ
2013	Catalclysm [16]	Released: 6 September 2013 Formats: Digital download Label: Muzai Records	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Music videos

Year	Music video	Director(s)
2011	"High Rise"	Sunken Seas [17]
2012	"Paid Your Price"	Sunken Seas [18]
2014	"Cataclysm"	Ryan Harte and Alexander Hoyles [19]
2015	"Clear"	Sunken Seas [20]
2015	"Mirage"	Jac Wilson [21]

Awards and nominations

Year	Organisation	Nominated work	Award	Result
2013	Independent Music New Zealand	Null Hour	Taite Music Prize	Nominated

External links

• Sunken Seas on Facebook
• Sunken Seas Bandcamp
• Sunken Seas on Muzai Records
• Sunken Seas on Tenzenmen

References

1. Reid, Graham (6 July 2012). "Album Review: Null Hour - Sunken Seas". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Sunken Seas announce tour and album". Cheese On Toast. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
3. "Taite Music Prize 2013 Nominees". Indies.co.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. "Sunken Seas announce Australian Tour". Under The Radar. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
5. McClelland, Michael (23 October 2012). "Chronophonium 2013 lineup announced". The Corner.
6. "Exclusive stream brand new Sunken Seas". The Audience. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
7. True, Everett (19 October 2013). "Song Of The Day - Sunken Seas". Collapse Board. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
8. "Sunken Seas Cataclysm Official Video". Vice.Com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
9. Moses, Hussain (18 June 2013). "The Black Angles support acts announced". The Corner. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
10. "Sunken Seas Announce New Album". Scoop. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
11. "NZ Music Charts 4-10 October 2015". NZ Official Music Charts. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
12. "Hhhappy review Glass by Sunken Seas". Hhhappy.com. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
13. "Sixnoises Review". SixNoises.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
14. "Stream / Download the new album from Sunken Seas". Under The Radar. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
15. "Muzai Release Sunken Seas 'Null Hour'". Muzai Records. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
16. "Stream the new release from Sunken Seas". The Audience. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
17. "High Rise". Sunken Seas. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
18. "Paid Your Price". Muzai Records. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
19. "Cataclysm/SeeSaw". Muzai Records. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
20. "Clear". Sunken Seas. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
21. "Mirage". Sunken Seas. Retrieved 8 November 2015.