Seascraper is my introduction to Benjamin Wood, and Longferry -its fog-laden sand beaches- has haunted me as much as it haunts Thomas, the protagonist. I know the weight of doing the same job every day just to scrape by, all while holding onto the quiet ambition of something greater, of singing perhaps. So when Thomas effortlessly composes his first sea shanty, he doubts himself: Maybe it was written before. Maybe he just heard it somewhere. Like all the songs we’ve ever known. Seascraper isn’t just a young man’s search for a bigger life, it’s every artist’s journey to make it in the world.