Sea lions are awesome and not just for the fact that they are really good at dancing, have tusks and are killer surfers. These tusked Pinnipeds are also righteous music warriors who once tried to fuck up the Jonas Brothes and have inspired the kids of sea lion hotspot Oxnard, California to put down the guns and pick up the C86.
The brains behind the Sea Lions is Adrian Pillado, whose bittersweet melodic pop songs about listless romance and wanting to be Lou Reed have had me using MySpace’s retarded music player much more than I ever wanted to. It’s a blissful marriage of the Shop Assistants’ furious shamble and Orange Juice’s jangle. Basically, they sound like some seminal indie-pop act that were missed first time around. They have a 7″ out now on Yay! Records, plus a split with Watercolor Paintings forthcoming, plus a tape out on Obeast soon. The track below is from the first 7″ and the video showcases two new songs over some vintage Oxnard footage.
The Sea Lions, “Beautiful Day”
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November 4th, 2009 @ 06:12
Reader Comments
November 10th, 2009
11:54 am
FUCK ADRIAN PILLADO DICK SUCKING FLAMING FAGGOT!
November 10th, 2009
12:10 pm
haha…
November 10th, 2009
1:10 pm
fuckin Sea Lions!
good shit guys
November 10th, 2009
5:32 pm
i love these boys<33
November 10th, 2009
5:33 pm
sea lions. most potent shit ever.
matthew makes the world go round and adrian is the sex.
November 10th, 2009
6:02 pm
yay
November 10th, 2009
6:22 pm
Cris is the coolest one in the band. matt sucks…
November 10th, 2009
6:39 pm
i was almost in this band!
November 10th, 2009
7:13 pm
pffft big deal. cute video though.
November 10th, 2009
10:22 pm
there bassist has sum sexy nips
November 10th, 2009
11:30 pm
and Matt’s strut as all the ladies swoonin’
November 10th, 2009
11:31 pm
you also used “there” wrong. it should have been “their”
November 11th, 2009
12:03 pm
sucky sucky… mmmmm you turn me on with ur fat rolls, i love big men. also, i love nigggers. men who are old enough to be married? is ur head big enough? jesus Crist, yr a fucking loser too! i remember Adriana when he was a smellly girl. oo wait….
November 11th, 2009
5:04 pm
look at us we’re from ‘Oxnard’. whooooopie!
November 11th, 2009
5:05 pm
nothing but tittie sucking Mamma’s boys in this band.
November 11th, 2009
5:06 pm
N’sync.
November 11th, 2009
5:29 pm
1800-BALL BUSTER 4 LYFE
November 11th, 2009
5:31 pm
When will I get thanks for loving you so much, Adrian? WHEN?
November 11th, 2009
6:10 pm
where there is success, there is failure waiting at the bottom for it. the wise man knows this and limits his slipping. good luck sealions!
November 14th, 2009
11:53 am
i am male crazy for the sea lions! Alllllll you ladies and genitals need to step back coz they are alllllllllllllll mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cry you guys. i really do
November 14th, 2009
11:55 am
ps. people be HAY TEN on you bruh! whussup with that, little fairy anorexic ass florescent ass face blondie magestic ventura theatre fuck
November 14th, 2009
3:48 pm
Adrian is the father of my unborn child.
November 14th, 2009
7:13 pm
not gon’ happen, thirsty trick
November 15th, 2009
6:57 pm
gonna maintain the shalangalang all night. fuck eric bello, hes gay
November 15th, 2009
11:32 pm
Mmmmm, I love hot twinks, barely legal boys like you oooohhhh ohhhhh oooohhh!!!!
November 16th, 2009
1:35 am
yeah this band blows me for quarters.
November 16th, 2009
1:41 am
Matt - I want to rub mayonnaise on your nipples ; )
Eric - you told me you loved me : (
Cris - you also told me you loved me : (
November 16th, 2009
1:43 am
SOMEONE IN THIS BAND OWES ME A BLOW JOB!
November 17th, 2009
2:52 am
you wu me, u sweet tang
November 17th, 2009
4:54 pm
I fucked Kyle in the ass once.