Baths, Sea of Men | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

In the 83^rd edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight “Sea of Men” performed by Baths. 

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E 🏳️‍🌈! Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  Here, we provide background and insight into musicians, analyze, plus go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When songs dictate deeper and more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome, whether the songs are classics or brand-new. So, without further ado, in the 83^rd edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight “Sea of Men” performed by Baths.

“Carnal is the normal mode (That’s that) / Fucking all the men in droves (That’s that) / Son of God is never home / When I come knocking on that door.” Oh, snap, Baths (Will Wiesenfeld)! Baths brings the fucking heat on “Sea of Men”, an advanced single and the second track from his 2025 album, Gut. The title is quite clever, resembling a certain male body fluid… Anyways, locked in on this self-penned and self-produced affair, he delivers compelling lyrics, fantastic vocals, and incredibly colorful, ornate production.  In other words, Weisenfeld slays 💅!

Pausing on the lyrics, the sounds are epic. Baths’ grooves always stand out.  The rhythmic nature of the song is a huge selling point. It also gets high marks for the strings, which add depth to the sound.  Beyond that, the keyboards and programming are striking. Also, the instrumental has time to shine beyond the emotional, honest, and poetic lyrics.  Part of the allure of Baths’ vocal performance is his gorgeous falsetto as well as vocal layering. Of course, it is the intriguing lyrics that truly make “Sea of Men” kick ass and take names. The chorus is the section to beat:

“The awful volume

The stink of the sea

In soiled snails crusted over

It hurts when I breathe.”

Word.  There is also sickening (in the most positive way possible) repetition towards the end of this four-minute-plus gem as Weisenfeld asserts, “And everybody’s on their knees.” They are not praying to The Son of God, Jesus, I’d assume! Baths eats on “Sea of Men”, period.

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Baths, Sea of Men: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 83 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Basement’s Basement; Elias Souza, Mario Spencer, Mizuno K, from Pexels; AcatXIo, All_CC0_Public_domain, CatsWithGlasses, David, ernestflowerss, Kelly, M. Harris, Marek Studzinski, OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]

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