Found At Sea

April 5th saw Sydney mood indie pop outfit Found At Sea officially release The Coloured Heart EP, a 5 song collection which showcases an evolution in the band's songwriting and sound. Following up their 2010 debut album Lumières, The Coloured Heart EP takes the band's guitar-driven melodic indie into more nuanced and textured territories. Lead singer and songwriter Ryan Linnegar calls the EP a "natural progression for us. We took close to a year to write, demo and refine these songs and we definitely changed and evolved as a band during that time." The songs on the EP are once emotionally turbulent while containing a certain nostalgic melancholy that could be called, as Linnegar describes, "a sense of things ending, of a certain period of your life slipping away and a kind of hopeful nostalgia. Sad-happy maybe" The Coloured Heart EP was self-produced, recorded and mixed in two Sydney studios, with the band having the honour of being the last band to record at the iconic Megaphon Studios. A reshuffled lineup in the demoing stage of the EP with the addition of keys/synth resulted in an maturation of the band's songwriting and more fully realised, multilayered sound. With influences from acts like The National, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear and M83, the Sydney five piece have been creating music since 2005, taking a slow burn method in crafting their own unique take on indie pop/rock. Current band lineup: Ryan Linnegar - vocals/guitar Richard Berndt - guitar/vocals Dan Kell - bass/vocals Leo Kim - synth/keys/vocals Tim Linnegar - drums/vocals (*under the name 'Helter') Listen to 'The Coloured Heart EP' for free! http://foundatsea.bandcamp.com