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Sea Power
The Corn Exchange, Brighton
IN August 2021 British Sea Power did something few bands with a successful 20-year career under their belts would consider – they changed their name.
In something of a political statement they became simply Sea Power, issuing a statement against the stop the boats rhetoric: “In recent times there’s been a rise in a certain kind of nationalism in this world – an isolationist, antagonistic nationalism that we don’t want to run any risk of being confused with.”
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