Editing Sea Power (section)

{{Short description|English rock band}}
{{About|the alternative rock band|the military concept|Command of the sea|}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Sea Power
| image            = British-Sea-Power.jpg
| image_size       = 300
| landscape        = yes
| alt              = 
| caption          = British Sea Power in 2009
| alias            = {{hlist|British Air Powers|British Sea Power|BSP}}
| origin           = [[Reading, Berkshire]], England
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]|[[post-punk revival]]|[[post-rock]]}}
| years_active     = 1995–present
| label            = {{hlist|Golden Chariot|[[Caroline International|Caroline]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britishseapower.co.uk/news/721/newsboost-sparkling-caroline |title=Newsboost Sparkling Caroline |website= britishseapower.co.uk| publisher= |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170104235950/http://britishseapower.co.uk/news/721/newsboost-sparkling-caroline |archive-date=4 January 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>|[[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]]}}
| associated_acts  = 
| website          = {{url| https://seapowerband.com/| seapowerband.com}}
| current_members  = *Yan Scott Wilkinson
*Neil Hamilton Wilkinson
*Martin Noble
*[[Phil Sumner]]
*[[Abi Fry]]
*[[Thomas White (musician)|Tom White]]
| past_members     = *[[Eamon Hamilton]]
* Alison Cotton
* Matthew Wood
}}

'''Sea Power''', previously known as '''British Sea Power''' and initially as '''British Air Powers''', are an English [[alternative rock]] band. The group's original lineup consisted of Jan Scott Wilkinson, known as Yan; Martin Noble, known as Noble; and Alison Cotton. By the time the band had begun its recording career, Cotton had departed, and two new members had joined: Neil Hamilton Wilkinson, known as Hamilton, and Matthew Wood, known as Woody. [[Eamon Hamilton]] joined the band in autumn 2002. He left in 2006<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/british-sea-power-71-1358368 |title= British Sea Power Member Quits |date= 16 January 2006 |work= NME |access-date= 22 April 2022}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Phil Sumner]], with [[Abi Fry]] joining the band in 2008.

The wide-ranging nature of the band's material has led critics to liken their sound to a variety of groups, from [[The Cure]] and [[Joy Division]] to [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] and [[Arcade Fire]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk./music/release/bqjw| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070812013815/http://www.bbc.co.uk./music/release/bqjw| archive-date= 2007-08-12| title= Rock Indie Review – British Sea Power, Open Season| last=Long| first=Chris| website= bbc.co.uk | publisher= [[BBC]]| via=[[Wayback Machine]]| access-date= 6 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Siebelt |first=Olli |title=British Sea Power |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/nbdp/ |access-date=14 September 2007 | website= bbc.co.uk | publisher= BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Review of ''Open Season'' |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3840770 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050811021437/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3840770 |archive-date=11 August 2005 |access-date=14 September 2007 | website= bbc.co.uk | publisher= BBC}}</ref>