- Record Label: Slumberland
- Release Date: Nov 22, 2011
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Dec 1, 2011Pillado's songs are super-catchy and his vocals spot-on, and the band sounds perfectly shambolic but also full of energy and verve, sort of like a cross between the Pastels and a jangly '60s garage band like the Dovers.
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Feb 14, 2012A boilerplate, but immensely satisfying, noise-pop record.
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Dec 1, 2011While Sea Lions blow through fifteen songs in less than a half-hour, it's startling how nice they all sound as they fly by, and even more so how little remains in memory even a few seconds after the last sweetly chiming note fades into silence.
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Jan 26, 2012Bandleader Adrian Pillado and the rest of the group work their way through their retro surf-influenced blasts of pop with ease.
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Apr 2, 2012Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask feels more like a home demo that needs considerable polishing than a proper debut album.