Originally formed by brothers Jan Scott and Neil Hamilton Wilkinson – a.k.a. Yan
and Hamilton - and school friend Matthew Wood in Kendal, Cumbria, England,
alternative rock group British Sea Power relocated to Brighton and started
running their own club night, which they called Club Sea Power. The group was
discovered by Geoff Travis and signed to his iconic label Rough Trade Records in
2001. With their charity shop clothes, Dostoyevsky and Macbeth references and
tribute to folk institution The Copper Family, their debut album The Decline of
British Sea Power (2003) set the band ...