{"id":78321,"date":"2019-04-23T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=78321"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:23:09","slug":"review-seaway-fresh-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-seaway-fresh-produce\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Seaway \u2013\u00a0Fresh Produce"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The title of Seaway<\/strong>‘s latest LP is perhaps knowingly misleading, as little of it is, in fact,\u00a0‘Fresh Produce’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The greater part of it sees the Canadian quintet reimagine tracks from 2017’s\u00a0‘Vacation’<\/em> and re-release recent cover versions, alongside a reissue of 2014 four-track EP\u00a0‘All In My Head’<\/em>. Two new singles do debut, though even one of those first appeared last year. As such compilations generally are, it goes without saying that the record is primarily for existing fans of the band, quenching the between-albums thirst.<\/p>\n

The only entirely new track is\u00a0‘Pleasures’<\/em>, but the opener certainly doesn’t deviate from the tried-and-trusted\u00a0Seaway<\/strong> blueprint. Its dreamy escapism and sun-kissed nostalgia would certainly have been at home on ‘Vacation’<\/em>, and the instantly familiar shout-along chorus and basic riff will help it slot slap-bang in the middle of summer setlists. ‘Blur’<\/em>, first heard in 2018, goes through the fairly standard motions of morning-after haze and regret, but similarly to ‘Pleasures’<\/em>, the sharp melodies are efficient enough.<\/p>\n