It's so lovely when you discover something genuinely beautiful.
Haunted Stereo's Cross The Sea is an eerie and longing track, a so subtle and modest ballad that you're not exactly sure if you actually heard it, or if the sounds were merely fragmented pieces of a leaf-falling dream you had a couple of nights ago.
Now, let's not get all Arcade Fire over this Southampton six-piece. They do indeed include an array of sexes, strings and glockenspiels, but as the descending violin and multiple harmonies on Cross The Sea battle for prominence, you're drawn into a melancholic, rain-fuelled and suitably hungover scenario, where Sigur Ros,
A heartfelt take on a Julia Franck novel, the song gently lays the world to rest and is over before you know it. Not to worry, this band is still taking its first steps, hopefully to something great.
Listen to Cross The Sea at Haunted Stereo's Myspace
Download Cross The Sea at Tracks For Amnesty
6:00 AM | 07/09/2009
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thank you for this beautiful song...a good veil to view my morning through
Posted by Dan Whitehouse at 9:03 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
thank you for this beautiful song...a good veil to view my morning through
Posted by Dan Whitehouse at 9:03 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Love it. Well done band!
Posted by Doris Duesbury at 10:43 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Yay! Good work chaps and chapesses! x
Posted by Gary Raisbeck at 10:50 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Beautiful song, when the violin comes in...actual shivers!! Amazing, amazing!! Off to download this now...
Posted by Leonie at 11:00 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Nur für Anja:
Ich hab das Lied gestern bereits gehört, es ist wirklich schön! Du singst ganz toll! Mach bloß weiter so! Bald können wir behaupten, dass eine Berühmtheit aus der Hinterstraße stammt!
Fantastic song! <3
Posted by Katharina Schmidt at 11:29 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Really lovely track. I look forward to hearing what they do next.
Added bonus that it's to give money to Amnesty!
Posted by Megan at 11:45 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Really lovely track. I look forward to hearing what they do next.
Added bonus that it's to give money to Amnesty!
Posted by Megan at 11:46 AM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Amazing, im so glad this is the 1st song i heard this afternoon. It gives you a beautiful perpective to the day
Posted by Shivers at 12:28 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Amazing, im so glad this is the 1st song i heard this afternoon. It gives you a beautiful perpective to the day
Posted by Shivers at 12:30 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Absoluter Hammer dieses Lied! Weiter so! Grüße aus München
Posted by Martin at 12:46 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Wow what a stunning sound scape. So pretty. What a relaxing, refreshing listen. Would love to see it live.
Posted by Gerald Butler at 1:28 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Wow what a stunning sound scape. So pretty. What a relaxing, refreshing listen. Would love to see it live.
Posted by Gerald Butler at 1:32 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Brilliant sound, i love this, so thoughtfully put together and layered with so many instruments, i would love to see this band live.
Posted by hannah scammell at 1:37 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Brilliant sound, i love this, so thoughtfully put together and layered with so many instruments, i would love to see this band live.
Posted by hannah scammell at 1:38 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Wow what a stunning sound scape. So pretty. What a relaxing, refreshing listen. Would love to see it live.
Posted by Gerald Butler at 1:41 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
A perfect track, a wonderful blend of desperation and regret which is beautifully constructed. Good stuff Ladies and Gentleman, xx
Posted by Tallie Kane at 2:06 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Yeah, really nice sound... think I might actually download :)
Posted by Dom at 2:17 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Amazing, im so glad this is the 1st song i heard this afternoon. It gives you a beautiful perpective to the day
Posted by Shivers at 2:22 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Best slice of epic lovliness they've come up with yet!
Good work.
Posted by Jackie Paper at 3:15 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Sounds nice and swooping, a refreshing listen.
Posted by Mac Ince at 4:46 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Beautiful. Makes me visualise a woman sitting alone on the shore watching the waves crash against the rocks, just remembering. Wonderful song, well done!
Posted by Sam White at 8:16 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Brilliant song. Have seen them live and they were fantastic.
Posted by Anita Madelin at 10:18 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
This is a thing of beauty, they deserve to go a lot further than Southampton with the talent and vision they possess.
Posted by Graham at 10:30 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
beautiful! particularly loved the violin...
Posted by kate at 10:31 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Awesome track and amazing live!!
Posted by Natalie Brown at 11:40 PM | 07/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Saw these guys supporting Thomas Tantrum was a bit of a weird coupling not really my kind of music but they were good a couple of there tracks really grabbed me, im not sure about this one yet ill give it a few more listens.
Posted by Becky Stephens at 12:22 AM | 08/09/2009 | Report Abuse
Like all good bands they pull together a fistful of echoes from the music universe and come up with something original. This track is beautiful on first listening and rewards repeated listening.
Posted by Paul Hardiment at 8:02 AM | 16/09/2009 | Report Abuse
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