Seablite

Inspired by noisy guitar bands of the '80s along with shoegaze and dream pop groups of the '90s, Seablite pursue a light and airy variant of the sound. This approach was evidenced on their debut album from 2019, Grass Stains & Novocaine, as well as on its follow-up, 2023's Lemon Lights. The Bay Area band formed in 2016 when singer/guitarist Lauren Matsui and bassist/vocalist Galine Tumasyan, who had been friends for a while, decided to start playing music together. Matsui had previously been in the band Cocktails, while Tumasyan was an accomplished visual artist. They began...