Seaway have done some serious growing up. Despite emerging alongside dyed-in-the-wool pop-punkers like ROAM, WSTR and State Champs, the Toronto natives have gradually been pivoting their sound towards something more refined. The band’s last two albums – 2017’s Vacation and 2019’s Fresh Produce – both saw them blossoming beyond their pop-punk roots, and now they’ve arrived at Big Vibe, the record where they’ve truly come of age. The jaunty opening riff of excellent first song Brain In A Jar encapsulates the feel-good outlook the record as a whole has to offer. Followed by a title-track that stays just the right side of cheesy, Big Vibe bursts out of the gate with vigour, embracing a take on Seaway’s sound that leans more on alt.rock than the band ever have before, and incorporates more...
