Some By Sea

History

Some By Sea originally formed as the solo project of Chris Du Bray in 2002. His solo act grew with the induction of Eino Holm. In January 2003 Rachel Lee Bowman played her first show with the group, and allowed the band to expand and develop new material. After meeting at a local show, Daniel Disparte (on drums) and David Bilbrey (on bass) joined the outfit in October 2003 and solidified the line-up. Eino Holm left the group in November 2004. David Bilbrey decided to start playing guitar. Blake Johnston joined as the new bass player in January 2005. Some By Sea signed with Sidecho Records in summer 2005. Blake quit in December 2005 and was replaced by Tom Pearson. Following the release of On Fire! (igloo) on March 7, 2006, Tom Pearson & Daniel Disparte chose to leave the group (April 2006) to pursue other interests. From April 2006 and August 2006 Some By Sea played their remaining shows with Lee Haines, AJ Gard and other friends.

Between January 2003 and August 2006 Some By Sea played approximately 200 shows.

The band released their debut album, Get Off The Ground If You're Scared, in January 2004, on their own label, Kringle Recordings. "Get Off the Ground If You're Scared" was performed by Chris Du Bray, Eino Holm and Rachel Lee Bowman and recorded by an independent producer in June 2003. After touring for their debut album, Some By Sea returned to the studio to record new material. Some of this material was released on their The Saddest Christmas EP, also on Kringle Recordings. Both "Get Off The Ground If You're Scared" and "The Saddest Christmas EP" are now out of print.

In 2005, Some By Sea signed with SideCho Records. The following spring (March 7, 2006), the band released their sophomore LP, On Fire: Igloo, which received many positive reviews. After their tour in support of their latest album, Some By Sea announced they would be disbanding. Their final show was played to a full room at Hell's Kitchen in Tacoma on August 11, 2006 with Cavalier, Tex & Speaker Speaker. Chris DuBray later spoke about the break-up in an interview for his next band, Ghosts & Liars:

"It was more of a series of frustrating circumstances that lead me to decide I couldn't take it much longer. When we returned from our first On Fire! (Igloo) tour in April of 2006, we'd all stopped communicating to each other in any way that wasn't passive aggressive... Nothing that occurred from that point on ever felt 100 percent honest and healthy."

Band Members (at one time or another)

Albums

Associated acts