Who is in the band?

Andy Boud (Vocals)

Joe Reeve (Guitar)

Tommy Chalk (Guitar)

Jamie Pegler (Bass)

Oscar Sutherland (Drums)

Where are you from? / Where are you based now?

Most of us are from Devon, between Witheridge and Galmpton. Andy is originally from Crawley, but we met in the Exeter area. Andy and Oscar now live in Bristol, but Jamie, Joe and Tommy are still loyal to Devon. We currently split most of our time between Exeter and Bristol.

What are your musical influences?

We’ve narrowed down our main FFO to At the Drive In, Black Midi, and Tears for Fears. Our influences are so varied that it’s difficult to pin down. We have individually curated playlists on our SENECA Spotify account, which, when played back-to-back, offer a real mixed bag of artists.

About the latest release:

We released our debut EP, ‘Lifetime Award’, which feels like the culmination of the band’s last two years. We’ve spent this time relentlessly gigging across the southwest, trying to build relationships with venues, fans, and promoters. We wanted to capture a body of work that represents where we are now. We’re very slow song writers, so it feels super rewarding to be able to share a more fully realised project.

It’s only four songs, but the feedback we have received has been very overwhelming. As we aim to get in front of more people, we hope this EP is a good introduction to the band and gives people an idea of what we’re about.

What inspired the latest release?

Probably our outlook and how it’s changed in the last few years. There’s a loose, short story that plays out through the four songs on “Lifetime Award”. Despite Andy being entirely responsible for the words on this, all 5 of us can relate, to varying extents, to a lot of what he expresses throughout the record.

Musically, we’ve attempted to embrace more of the things we enjoy, more so than we did in our very brief stint as a band pre-COVID and the couple of singles we released back then.