Sea Snakes

Sea Snakes were a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s. The term is often used to describe the means of production and distribution of independent underground music, as well as the style of music that was first associated with this means of...

 band, formed in 2002 and disbanded in 2005. The band consisted of vocalist and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...

ist Jimmy McIntyre, guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...

ist Kristian Galberg, bassist

Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....

 and saxophonist

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bored transposing musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841...

 Jeremy Strachan, keyboardist

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

 Shaw-Han Liem and drummer

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of music instruments, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of...

 Nathan Lawr

Nathan Lawr

Nathan Lawr is a Canadian singer-songwriter, currently fronting the band Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs.The original drummer for Royal City, Lawr left the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career...

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Strachan played in the defunct band Rockets Red Glare

Rockets Red Glare

Rockets Red Glare was a band from Toronto, Canada.Rockets Red Glare formed in the winter of 1999 following the demise of hardcore band Blake and instrumental trio Blue Light Blockade. Based in Canada this three piece band toured Canada extensively and also played in North America, gaining critical...

, and Galberg plays in Burn Rome in a Dream along with former Rockets Red Glare member Evan Clarke.

Clear as Day, the Darkest Tools is the only album recorded by Sea Snakes.

Sea Snakes were a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s. The term is often used to describe the means of production and distribution of independent underground music, as well as the style of music that was first associated with this means of...

 band, formed in 2002 and disbanded in 2005. The band consisted of vocalist and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...

ist Jimmy McIntyre, guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...

ist Kristian Galberg, bassist

Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....

 and saxophonist

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bored transposing musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841...

 Jeremy Strachan, keyboardist

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

 Shaw-Han Liem and drummer

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of music instruments, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of...

 Nathan Lawr

Nathan Lawr

Nathan Lawr is a Canadian singer-songwriter, currently fronting the band Nathan Lawr and the Minotaurs.The original drummer for Royal City, Lawr left the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career...

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Strachan played in the defunct band Rockets Red Glare

Rockets Red Glare

Rockets Red Glare was a band from Toronto, Canada.Rockets Red Glare formed in the winter of 1999 following the demise of hardcore band Blake and instrumental trio Blue Light Blockade. Based in Canada this three piece band toured Canada extensively and also played in North America, gaining critical...

, and Galberg plays in Burn Rome in a Dream along with former Rockets Red Glare member Evan Clarke.

Discography

Clear as Day, the Darkest Tools is the only album recorded by Sea Snakes. It was released in 2004 on the Three Gut Records

Three Gut Records

Three Gut Records was a Guelph, Ontario, Canada based independent record label. It was founded in 1999 by Lisa Moran and Tyler Clarke Burke as a vehicle for releasing albums by their friends; it became an influential player in Canadian music with the breakout success of the Constantines'...

label. Total length is 41:48.

Track listing

1. "Conception Bay, South" – 4:04
2. "Forget-Me-Not Night" – 4:45
3. "A Pallbearer's Calendar" – 4:42
4. "It's Good" – 3:11
5. "Firebugs at Cafe Eitelkeit" – 7:16
6. "Black Phones" – 4:45
7. "Mafia Car" – 3:56
8. "Kid Don't Go Big Song" – 5:46
9. "Tie Me Up God" – 3:23