Seafret – Hungry And Ready To Go

10 years since the release of their hit single ‘Atlantis’, Yorkshire duo Seafret – aka best friends and musical co-conspirators Jack Sedman and Harry Draper – are heading into 2025 as a band reborn. Having watched the epic emotional catharsis of that single gain a whole new lease of life over the past three years, re-entering the cultural conversation via a viral TikTok moment that then snowballed into more than a billion streams, the band have never had more eyes on them, and more fans awaiting their next moves.
 
A decade into their career, it’s a situation that neither musician could have predicted. “You can’t compute those numbers,” says Draper. “We’re incredibly proud, but you can’t get your head round it. A million, maybe, but not a billion…” Yet while the stats themselves might be too fantastical for either of these two eternally grounded Northerners to fully reconcile, the fire it’s lit in them is far more tangible. “There’s been a new buzz since everything with ‘Atlantis’,” Draper continues. “It feels like we’re a new band again.”
 
Having released three studio albums of heart-on-sleeve indie-folk gems that have, from 2016 debut ‘Tell Me It’s Real’ to 2023’s lockdown-recorded third LP ‘Wonderland’, pushed their songwriting into increasingly confident and varied realms, Seafret in 2025 have the vitality of a new band but the experience of seasoned pros. In some ways, they’re still the same men that first met at a Bridlington open mic night more than a decade ago – true music fans who just want to communicate via the storytelling of a song – but they’ve also grown exponentially. Now, they’re sailing proudly into the new horizons of their second wind as a band: reinvigorated, replenished, and brighter than ever. “These last years have just made us more hungry for it again,” says Sedman. “It really feels like it’s a fresh new Seafret and we’re ready to go.”