Editing Sea Power (section)

===''Valhalla Dancehall'' (2010–2011)===
The band headlined the Festival Republic Stage at the 2010 [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]], on 29 and 28 August respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsfestival.com/news/?aid=9dc49582-2d25-4e38-a909-435c84e2b4ea |title=The Festival Republic stage is announced|publisher=Leedsfestival.com |access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref> They supported the [[Manic Street Preachers]] on their autumn 2010 tour of Britain.

[[File:British Sea Power at Jodrell Bank Live 4.jpg|thumb|right|British Sea Power performing at Jodrell Bank Live]]
The band released a 'Maxi EP' ''[[Zeus (EP)|Zeus]]'', in October 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britishseapower.co.uk/blog/214/zeus-ep-out-4-october |title=ZEUS EP out 4 October |publisher=Britishseapower.co.uk |access-date=1 October 2010 |date=7 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014051931/http://britishseapower.co.uk/blog/214/zeus-ep-out-4-october |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> featuring songs recorded during the sessions for the forthcoming album.

The album ''[[Valhalla Dancehall]]'', recorded on the isle of Skye in Scotland and at a farmhouse in East Sussex, was released in January 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britishseapower.co.uk/news/227/new-album-title-revealed |title=New Album Title Revealed |publisher=Britishseapower.co.uk |access-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017075727/http://britishseapower.co.uk/news/227/new-album-title-revealed |archive-date=17 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Initial copies of the album sold by some independent music stores in the UK were accompanied with a bonus EP, ''Valhalla V.I.P.''. The band toured the UK in the first three months of 2011, and a tour of the United States was planned for March, including an appearance on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' on 21 March.

To mark the ten-year anniversary of their first single, "[[Fear of Drowning]]", the band played three intimate shows at Berwick Village Hall in East Sussex in May 2011.

British Sea Power announced a number of forthcoming festival appearances for summer 2011, including [[Latitude Festival]], [[Leefest]], [[Get Loaded In The Park]] and the [[Port Eliot Festival]]. In addition, the band performed at Jodrell Bank Live at [[Jodrell Bank Observatory]], with [[The Flaming Lips]], in July 2011.<ref name="jblive">{{cite web | url=http://www.jodrellbanklive.co.uk/shows | title=Shows: Live from Jodrell Bank | access-date=10 July 2011}}</ref> They also performed at festivals in Australia, China and Japan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theaureview.com/interviews/the-au-interview-british-sea-power |title=the AU interview: Yan Scott Wilkinson of British Sea Power (Brighton, UK) |date=21 July 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |publisher=the AU |author=Christine Khalil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009142718/http://www.theaureview.com/interviews/the-au-interview-british-sea-power |archive-date=9 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

September 2011 saw the publication on Rough Trade Books of ''Do It for Your Mum''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roughtraderecords.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110223703/http://www.roughtraderecords.com/books/3965/do-it-for-your-mum|url-status=dead|title=Rough Trade Records|author=Rough Trade Records|archivedate=10 January 2012|website=Rough Trade Records}}</ref> by [[Roy Wilkinson]] (brother of Yan and Hamilton), an account of the author's experiences of managing the band and of how the family's octogenarian father became the group's most ardent fan, apart from Richard Mills.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/oct/15/dad-manager-brothers-british-sea-power |title=My dad, the revolutionary disciple of indie rock |author=Roy Wilkinson |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 October 2011 |access-date=16 December 2011}}</ref>