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Sea Wolf was started as a solo project by Alex Brown Church, sometime around 2003. He plays with members of the Ship Collective Community, who rotate through bands. Alex has recently gained some publicity after having two of his songs featured in commercials – “You’re a Wolf” in a GM commercial for the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, and “Sea Monuments” for a Radioshack holiday commercial. Sea Wolf is currently signed to Dangerbird Records, and has released three albums :
“Get to the River Before It Runs too Low (EP)” – 2007
“Leaves in the River” – 2007
“White Water, White Bloom” – 2009
The Song Featured:
This track starts out with a big, dramatic, almost theatrical opening. Water rippling, with lots of echo room and big, heavy bass drum. It builds up slightly chaotically, but in a good way, with the typical “rewind” sound effect mixed in there as an undertone. Then it all stops, save for the water sound/fire crackling/scratchy record.
Demure acoustic follows, very simply, introducing singer Alex Church’s remarkably amiable singing. A second acoustic soon joins in, along with a cello and an odd sound effect that sounds like a looped slide-up pluck on a double bass. A simple, music-box esque piano riff joins the sections together, tying Intro, Development, Chorus, and Outtro together nicely.
As kind as the music is, the lyrics are equally, if not more, evocative of soft emotions. The lyrics, vocals, and instrumentals blend together to make a thoroughly warm and loveable song.
I met a girl on Halloween
When she was lost, and I was drunk
And it was dark and cold out when we left
And as we walked the rain started
The leaves softened with every step
And all around us people slept alone with their dreams
The wind came down from up the planes
And blew the leaves all through the streets
I wondered how far leaves could really fly
Would they rest in suburb yards
Or make it to the city
Or would they end up in the river just to float away
She pointed to a small brick house
And said it was where she grew up
The lights were out, she aked if we could stop for awhile
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Her hair was still just getting wet
The water running down her neck
Collecting in the handprint in cement beneath her feet
Apparently there’d been a death
Someone close and nothing left
Because she hadn’t left him in the end
I saw her blush when I asked
If she always talked like that
She said it only happened when she drank
And later on I felt her hand
Slipping into my cold fist
She promised me a kiss as soon as we got home
Her costume had begun to tear
She ran ahead and turned to me
Her laughter echoed through the empty streets
Sea Wolf’s Website: http://www.seawolfmusic.com/
Sea Wolf’s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/seawolf
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