The Sea
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Formed in the early part of 2005, Van She is a band from Sydney. Unashamedly taking bits and bobs from 80’s post punk, funk and synth pop, 90’s grunge, French house, film scores, 70’s Krautrock and the latest collection of innovative artists like Tom Vek and M83, Van She is that unique beast that one was beginning to believe no longer existed – a band that takes all these influences from days gone but makes them sound unique, modern, and…. fresh. A lazy pastiche this isn’t. Read Full BioFormed in the early part of 2005, Van She is a band from Sydney. Unashamedly taking bits and bobs from 80’s post punk, funk and synth pop, 90’s grunge, French house, film scores, 70’s Krautrock and the latest collection of innovative artists like Tom Vek and M83, Van She is that unique beast that one was beginning to believe no longer existed – a band that takes all these influences from days gone but makes them sound unique, modern, and…. fresh. A lazy pastiche this isn’t.

Van She formed when Nick Routledge [vocals, guitar], Matt Van Schie [bass], Michael Di Francesco [synths] and Tomek Archer [drums] all responded to an ad in Sydney’s Drum Media and arrived at an audition for a vocalist for a doom metal band with influences including Sepultura, Entombed, Black Skull and Phil Collins to find the whole thing was a sham. You could call it the result of Satan at work, or you could call it fate.

Since the chance meeting Van She have been playing out and about around Sydney, headlining their own shows and supporting the likes of The Presets and Wolf & Cub.

They’ve also been in the studio, the fruits of which we now see in the shape of a 6 track, self titled EP. Opener Mission acts as a gloomy but punchy entry point into the Van She world, while Kelly is like the epic, lovelorn cousin to The Presets’ Girl And The Sea. Sex City throbs and blips like a restless adolescent, and Survive is the greatest post post punk tune to make use of slap bass. Kelly Reprise blisses out for just a few seconds before Here With You brings us to a beautifully textured, melancholic close.
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The Sea
by Van She

I've found ??
A rainy day forever
Bell that pings
Time and loose won't last away forever

And I became the tall care free
In your head dreams that never ever end

On to B.C
To breath the air till never
??
You and I and me and you together

And I became the tall refrain
In your head dreams that never ever end

Say Hello to me
Sail away with me

Re-drawn the earth
We slept till we were frozen
??
We spoke in tongs we never wanted spoken

And you said
Time will change
These things
For you will always be the same

Say Hello to me
Sail away with me

Now that I'm awake
You know that we are broken
The tiny hand
Is past with doors, were shut they are now are open

Cause I'm still the tall care free
In your head dreams that never ever end
Say hello to me
Sail away with me
Say hello to me
Sail away

Contributed by Jordan F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.