(Review and photo by DCist guest reviewer Ryan Avent)

Dostoyevsky once said, “The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.” Devoted followers of British Sea Power no doubt expected the follow up to indie sleeper “The Decline of British Sea Power” to be as arrestingly unique as its predecessor, just as crowd after crowd on their more recent tours has expected the theatrics developed by the band at the Brighton-based Club Sea Power shows to carry over into ever more compelling stage performances. It was therefore not apparent to fans how to greet the band’s most recent release, “Open Season,” and its smoothed out collection of New Wave allusions and clean tones, nor was it clear how BSP might present itself on its tour supporting the album.