THE BALTIC SEA (Sevilla, Spain)

Slotting  in  neatly  alongside  such  bands  as  Doves, Snow  Patrol, Morning  Runner, Athlete, Sigur  Ros, Thomas  Dybdhal o The  Long  Winters, The  Baltic  Sea,  from Sevilla, Spain, have seen their embryonic project take shape and form over the last year and a half, resulting in FORTHCOMING SCIENCE THEORY, one of the independent scene's strongest releases of 2007 in Spain.

Their  impeccable  live  show  has  seen  them  win  such  prestigious  competitions  as  the Heineken Greenspace and  the Spanish  leg of Global  Battle  of  the  Bands  (and so headed to the world final in London  in December 2007), while their perfectionist approach to recording  in the studio  is clearly  reflected  in  the  intensity and emotion of  the songs chosen  to make up their debut LP, "Forthcoming Science Theory".

Drama, contentment, childhood fears, the countless times that a young Esteban Ruiz (voice & guitar) would listen to his father's Neil Young and Beatles records, emotional crises, the need  to forget the pain and yet also be inspired by it to write songs of anguish and heartache, the polar circle, all those places that one visits but once, all these are constants  in the  love and hate, loneliness and nostalgia that form The Baltic Sea's debut LP 'Forthcoming Science Theory' Influenced by the continent hopping trips to the American north and the Scandinavian polar regions  of  singer  and  principal  songwriter  Esteban  (ex  leader  of Renochild),  the songs began to take shape in 2006 with the formation of the band: Javier Vecino joining on drums, Kiko Ramos on guitar and Raúl Pérez on bass.  "Too Late  to Start Again" was  the  result, a four-track demo with a unique sound. An act of self-affirmation, the raw emotion mixed with heart wrenching melody lines present on all four songs lead directly to The Baltic Sea being signed by PuPilo Records.

When everything changes, at times it's necessary to seek for something that will allow you to keep going, be it in a straight line, or weaving, but which makes the world make sense. This is what The Baltic Sea aim for with their heart felt response to one of those periods in life which may at first sight seem disastrous but go on to open up new ways of experience.