Release Date: 06/02/26
Sea Fever is a poised, sophisticated pop album from British singer-songwriter Sarah Nixey, formerly of Black Box Recorder. Her cool, cut-glass vocal floats over opulent, cinematic production, pairing elegance with deep empathy and sharp, intimate storytelling. These songs explore love, loss and renewal alongside the pull of the natural world. Highlights include Rolling Waves, confronting grief after her grandmother’s passing; Spring Equinox, celebrating new life and wonder; At the Edge of the Forest, a poignant portrait of fading memory; and On This Wide Night, tracing the late-night journey of a teenage runaway. Elsewhere, Lies of the Land and England’s On Fire examine inequality, patriotism and national identity, while Pleasure Bay offers a bittersweet love letter to a seaside town. Sea Fever captures the bittersweet beauty of human life amid changing seasons and elemental forces—songs of sorrow, remembrance, birth and change—delivered with Nixey’s signature elegance and a sophisticated pop palette.
Sea Fever is a poised, sophisticated pop album from British singer-songwriter Sarah Nixey, formerly of Black Box Recorder. Her cool, cut-glass vocal floats over opulent, cinematic production, pairing elegance with deep empathy and sharp, intimate storytelling. These songs explore love, loss and renewal alongside the pull of the natural world. Highlights include Rolling Waves, confronting grief after her grandmother’s passing; Spring Equinox, celebrating new life and wonder; At the Edge of the Forest, a poignant portrait of fading memory; and On This Wide Night, tracing the late-night journey of a teenage runaway. Elsewhere, Lies of the Land and England’s On Fire examine inequality, patriotism and national identity, while Pleasure Bay offers a bittersweet love letter to a seaside town. Sea Fever captures the bittersweet beauty of human life amid changing seasons and elemental forces—songs of sorrow, remembrance, birth and change—delivered with Nixey’s signature elegance and a sophisticated pop palette.