Editing Sea Power (section)

===''Open Season'' (2004–2006)===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:BSPGrasmere2005.jpg|thumb|left|Yan, Hamilton & Eamon - Grasmere Village Hall (2005)]] -->The follow-up, ''[[Open Season (British Sea Power album)|Open Season]]'', was released in early April 2005, and also enjoyed wide critical praise. It showcased a more accessible, produced sound and charted at No.&nbsp;13 in the UK Albums Chart. The lead single, "[[It Ended on an Oily Stage]]", charted at No.&nbsp;18 in the UK Singles Chart a week earlier.

British Sea Power had won the 2004 ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' Live Band of the Year award and by this time had built a reputation for elaborate and well-thought out live shows. Stages were often decorated with foliage and plastic birds and shows would generally finish with a semi-improvised song called "Rock in A", which sometimes lasted for over 20 minutes. Various members would climb riggings and tear down the foliage, while Eamon would walk around the audience beating his marching drum. The encore would sometimes see an eight-foot bear, Ursine Ultra, join in the performance.

The stage antics have become one of the signatures of the band. Another is their choice of venues. Their tours have often included unusual locations such as the Scillonian Club on the [[Isles of Scilly]], [[Grasmere (village)|Grasmere]] Village Hall, the [[Embassy of the Czech Republic, London|Czech Embassy]] in London and [[Carnglaze Caverns]] in [[Cornwall]]. They have also played in museums, libraries and sea forts.

The band has built up an eccentric image in interviews and press releases. This has included giving journalists [[grid reference]]s at which to meet them, and expressing obsessions with [[Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Field Marshal Montgomery]] and [[Birdwatching|bird watching]]. Similarly, they appeared on the TV show ''[[Countryfile]]'' in which they discussed their love of the countryside and played an outdoor performance of the track "Canvey Island".

At the beginning of 2006, it was announced that Eamon had left British Sea Power to concentrate on his own band [[Brakes (band)|Brakes]].<ref>{{cite news |title=British Sea Power member quits |url=https://www.nme.com/news/british-sea-power/21953 |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=[[NME]] |date=16 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709182717/https://www.nme.com/news/british-sea-power/21953 |archive-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>