Ritual Sea formed in 2016
over a love of film, dream pop, shoegaze and esoterica. Having released their
debut single ‘Serpentine’ in late 2016, they went on to to support the likes of
Manchester psych-folk artist Jane Weaver and Berlin-based, The Underground
Youth. In 2018, Ritual Sea released ‘Seasons (Like
You)’ exploring themes of fear, paranoia and love, which the Thin Air called “dazed
and beautifully disembodied…easily one of the best Irish tracks of the year
thus far”culminating in them playing two shows at
Ireland’s revered ‘Other Voices’ festival in Dingle.
In 2019, Ritual Sea played alongside Welsh folk-pop artist Gwenno as part of the Eastbound Dublin Festival and worked on completing their debut album. With a new expanded lineup, Ritual Sea will play upstairs in Whelan’s on Friday 28th February with a very special guest performance by experimental indie artist, Rachael Lavelle.