iLiKETRAiNS
Sea Of Regrets

Cover art for Sea Of Regrets by iLiKETRAiNS Description: Self released CD EP
Format: CD single
Genre(s): Indie Rock
Label: Self-Released
Price:
£3.09
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4Rating: 4
...according to our on 07 October 2009.

I Like Trains are leeds very own bleak pop pioneers. New single 'Sea of Regrets' is a song inspired by the environmental musings of natural scientists James Lovelock and George Monbiot and seems to touch on themes of a doomed human race. It's the first single from thier new self produced/released LP expected later this year. It's a thoughtful track that builds to an epic crescendo thanks to layers of violins, cellos and soaring guitars. It's like a particularly reflective Editors single and it's the best track i've heard by the group since their inception. B-side 'The Spark' touches on previous musical themes and has that waltz feel of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'Murder Ballads' LP. It's a short but effective track that compliments the A-side perfectly. Very nice, though still a little bleak chaps.

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Sound clips for Sea Of Regrets by iLiKETRAiNS: on CD single at Norman Records UK. CD single, Self-Released, n/a, £3.09.

What their label says...

I LIKE TRAINS are no longer in mourning. Though they still remember the past, gone are the black threads which adorned their funeral waltz along with songs of tragedy, despair, insanity and loss. Whilst the Leeds quartet made their name charting history’s forgotten heroes and injustices, there is only so long you can look backwards before you have to start looking to the future.

“Some things are better left forgotten, or the weight of the world will crush your bones”

The limited edition self produced/released single ‘Sea of Regrets’ is a new beginning for I Like Trains. Whilst still informed by a bleak world view, musical rays of light are starting to puncture the gloom. Inspired by the writing of preeminent environmental scientists James Lovelock and George Monbiot; ‘Sea of Regrets’ raises the question of our importance in nature’s great scheme. Guitars, vocals, violins and cellos combine for a soaring finale, an anthem to a hopeless future for humanity.

‘Sea of Regrets’ is the lead single from I Like Trains’ forthcoming album, their second full length following 2007’s ‘Elegies to Lessons Learnt’. The new album is expected early next year, with the band previewing tracks on the following tour dates;