{{Use British English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Zeus | type = EP | artist = British Sea Power | cover = Zues.EP.Album.Cover.gif | alt = | released = 4 October 2010 | recorded = Selmeston and Isle of Skye in 2010 | venue = | studio = | genre = Post-punk revival<br />Indie rock | length = 42:42 | label = Rough Trade | producer = BSP & Graham Sutton | chronology = British Sea Power EP | prev_title = Krankenhaus? | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Valhalla V.I.P. | next_year = 2011 }}
'''''Zeus''''' is an EP by the band British Sea Power. It was released on 4 October 2010 in the UK.
The EP, and its title track, are named after the transit van used by the band, according to singer and guitarist Yan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/23/british-sea-power-new-album/ |title=British Sea Power Say Mystery New Album Is a 'Scorcher' |date=2010-09-23 |author=Jody Thompson |access-date=2011-03-30 |publisher=Spinner |archive-date=16 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916212533/http://www.spinner.com/2010/09/23/british-sea-power-new-album/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The band's merchandise stand at concerts also sold their own brand of beer named "Zeus".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://louderthanwar.com/featured/british-sea-power-live-review |title=British Sea Power – live review |publisher=Louder Than War |author=Andy Barding |date=2011-03-01 |access-date=2011-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=5079&type=Live |title=British Sea Power, Bo Ningen Norwich Waterfront, 21st February 2011 |author=Alex Nelson |year=2011 |access-date=2011-03-30 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Contradictory to the appearance of their names, the track "Mongk" is a remix of the song "Mongk II", which was written earlier but released later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4142068-a-lot-of-the-western-world-is-just-mental---dis-meets-british-sea-power |title="A lot of the Western world is just mental": DiS meets British Sea Power |author=Dom Gourlay |date=2011-02-24 |publisher=DrownedInSound |access-date=2011-03-30 |archive-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227195102/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4142068-a-lot-of-the-western-world-is-just-mental---dis-meets-british-sea-power |url-status=dead }}</ref> Both "Mongk II" and "Cleaning Out The Rooms" appeared on the ''Valhalla Dancehall'' album, released a few months after ''Zeus''.
The EP artwork is strongly inspired by a London Underground poster designed by Kathleen Stenning in 1925.<ref>{{Cite web|title = London Transport Museum Shop|url = http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/posters/pre-printed-posters/product/kathleen-stenning-a3-print-set.html|website = London Transport Museum Shop|access-date = 2016-02-21|archive-date = 3 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303081803/http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/posters/pre-printed-posters/product/kathleen-stenning-a3-print-set.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Track listing== #"Zeus" – 7:02 #"Cleaning Out The Rooms" – 7:11 #"Can We Do It?" – 2:50 #"Bear" – 5:56 #"Pardon My Friends" – 2:35 #"Mongk" – 4:57 #"kW·h" – 3:22 #"Retreat" (Bonus Track) – 8:49
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog number |- | United Kingdom | 4 October 2010 | Rough Trade Records | CD | RTRADSCD593 |- | United Kingdom | 4 October 2010 | Rough Trade Records | 12" | - |}
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Category:2010 EPs Category:Sea Power albums