SEIMS "V"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Math Rock, Post Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: Bird’s Robe Records, Dunk Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: November 14, 2025 (CD, digital), January 31, 2026 (vinyl)
Tracklist

1. Double Standards (1:42) 

2. Chaos Within A Construct (4:22) 

3. Forever The Optimist (5:58) 

4. Flowing Upstream (4:31) 

5. Preoccupations (6:00) 

6. Abandonment Is Expected (3:57) 

7. My Memories Retain Nothing (4:29) 

8. End's Tether (5:04) 

9. A Moment Never Returned (2:43) 

Total Time 38:46

Credits

Simeon Bartholomew - guitars, basses, bass VI, piano, synth, vocals

Chris Allison - drums

Sam Sheumack - slide guitar (5, 6)

Mark Owen - guitar solo (8)

Nataliya Lukich - violins

Monique Turner - violas

Peter Hollo - cellos

Tom Botting - double basses

Paul Murchison - trumpets, flugelhorns

Luke Bartley - tuba, sousaphone

Produced by Simeon Bartholomew

Music and lyrics composed by Simeon Bartholomew

Drums arranged by Chris Allison

Recorded and engineered by Tim Carr at Rancom St Studios, Botany NSW

Additional recording at Across From Harry's Bathroom, Forest Lodge NSW

Mixed by Alex Wilson

Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA

Assistant Mastering Engineer - Costanza Tinti

Lack of Guidance cover artwork by Simeon Bartholomew

Lack of Inhibition insert cover artwork by Montagne Bartholomew + Simeon Bartholomew

Description/Reviews:

‘Chaos Within A Construct’ and its respective interlude ‘Double Standards’ more or less establishes this from the record’s offset, its thunderous post rock brimming with confidence as it flows to and from the jazz inclined math rock sequences that bind the track. However, it’s the proceeding ‘Forever The Optimist’ that serves as the record’s first big, standout moment. Towering and beautifully composed, the track’s optimistic metropolitan post rock harkens And So I Watch You From Afar’s sense of imagination and amazement, something that becomes a defining sensibility that only grows across V’s runtime.

Read the full review by  Dan Hillier at noizze.co.uk

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SEIMS "FOUR"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Math Rock, Post Rock
Label: Art As Catharsis Records, Bird’s Robe Records, Dunk Records
Format: CD, digital, vinyl 
Release date: October 22, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Mountain’s Lullaby

2. The Pursuit of Intermediate Happiness

3. Showdown Without A Victim

4. Shouting At A Brick Wall

5. Stranded. Isolated.

6. Elegance Over Confidence  

7. Biting Tongues

8. Nuance Lost In Translation

9. Understatement

10. The Mountain’s Scream

Line-up

Simeon Bartholomew - Basses, Guitars, Synths, Piano, Vocals

Chris Allison (Plini) - Drums, Percussion

Kat Hunter - Vocals, Violin Solo (4)

Susie Bishop - Violin, Violin Solo (7)

Monique Mezzatesta - Violas

Peter Hollo - Cellos

Thomas Botting - Double Basses

Paul Murchison - Flugelhorns, Trombone, Trumpet

Paul Meo - Trumpet

Victor Valdes - Harp

Description/Reviews:

The new record showcases the band’s delicately crafted arrangements on tracks including the beguiling 65daysofstatic ‘Wild Light’ era tinged post-math-rock of Elegance Over Confidence, the soaring modern post-rock of The Mountain’s Scream and the dark ‘Stranger Things’ evoking electro-prog of Showdown Without A Victim.

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