With the album's debut single 'HKVV' already premiering on triple j unearthed - instantly scoring a four star review from Executive Producer Steph Carrick, who fell for the "complex rhythms and simple driving guitar and synth lines" - II already looks set to build on the reputation SEIMS has forged as one of most dynamic and complex musical acts in Australian alternative rock. The brainchild of Sydney multi-instrumentalist Simeon Bartholomew, SEIMS was initially conceived as a one-man, studio project, when Bartholomew released its debut, self-titled album in 2012. Having written, recorded, performed, mixed, and produced the entire record himself, it quickly caught the attention of critics from some of the biggest names in the alternate music media, who drew comparisons with 65daysofstatic, ...And So I Watch You From Afar, Battles and Adebisi Shank. Three years of live shows served as a crucial influence on Bartholomew when he returned to the drawing board for II, which was again created solo, but this time with the theatrics of a live set in mind. The result is a forceful, unrelenting album of endearingly complicated percussion, mesmeric guitar lines, zooming keys, bursting horns, and agile bass runs that all combine into a rich cacophony of noise - stretching from precise and methodical one moment, to joyfully explosive and chaotic the next. "II is an album of many emotions, swaying from the upbeat swag of ‘RCKT’ and ‘TUN’ to the menacing complexity of ‘HKVV’. You’ll be fist-punching ceilings one minute and stroking chins in admiration the next. The delectable combo of crunching bass notes and resonating synth chimes will no doubt prompt the listener to sniff out hints of Gallops, Errors and Battles." - Fecking Bahamas