Sunday, September 21, 2025

Album Review: Seabomb - Dolphin Chamber


Dolphins! Man's steady, loyal, and aquatic companion, who has been with us and been watching over humanity for as long as we as a species have braved the open waters. Since the first fisherman set raft to surf, the dolphin has been there for us, guiding the passage of our vessels, rescuing sailors from watery graves, directing the ambitious among us to buried treasure, and, while often mistaken for mermaids, has sung lullabies to many a ship's crew, ensuring them a restorative night's rest. Why are dolphins so helpful, you may ask? It's possible that they see something of themselves in us, as we are both intelligent, creative, and socially complex mammals who greet each other by tasting each other's urine. [Citation Needed] With all dolphins have done for humans over the millennia, it's about time that someone gave back to our moist, squealy siblings of the sunlit zone. Enter Seabomb and their LP Dolphin Chamber. Seemingly a tribute to these saltwater samaritans, the album presents a bright and refreshingly brisk approach to breakbeat production that is defined by its fluidity and affable tone. Resolved to the task of evaporating boredom, the bubbly percolations and interdependent, rippling, and interlocking orbits of sequences stir a salty broth of sound into an intoxicating libation to fuel a disco in the shallows of the seabed in an observance of inter-ecological, cross-species solidarity, connecting timeless patterns of compatriotism with the persistent pull of currents both sonic and tidal in nature. From the first voyage to today, this party has been saving you a spot on the dance/sea floor. Why not dive in? The water's fine, and the company is divine.
 
4 Millennia of good vibes. Don't deprive yourself for one minute more.