2010s Alternative Rock & Indie: Hits & Deep Cuts - part 4

Swing Left

I've been writing music most of my life. Songs have always been the place where I've sorted out the events of day. If you trace these songs back far enough they tell a story of where I've been and what I've seen along the way. That said, most people don't have the time to sort through the hundreds of songs that have collected in the wake of my 20 plus years behind a piano, and that's why I love "Cecilia and the Satellite". As a song it encapsulate so much living against the back drop of a new life. Cecilia was written with the knowledge that my wife and I would soon meet our first child. With the hope of avoiding territory this type of song often treads, I tried to create a road map of the life I had lived leading up to that moment. One my daughter might look back on some day. A strange life of constant motion, spent traveling in the pursuit of music. A life I’ve nearly lost on more than one occasion and one which I am thankful for, now more than ever. Deep down this song is about more than me and where I’ve been, it’s about more than my daughter and what I want for her. It’s about being proud of where you come from and wanting the most for the people you share your world with.

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LYRICS
I’ve locked myself in a hotel room
Then waited all night for the walls to move
I've loved some girls that I barely knew
I’ve made some friends, and I’ve lost some too
 
Crashed my car, I was seventeen
My mother in the seat riding next to me
The things I’ve learned from a broken mirror
How a face can change when a heart knows fear
 
For all the things my eyes have seen, the best by far is you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
Oh, Oh
 
I've café crawled through Amsterdam
Been around the world with a punk rock band
And I’ve seen London, and I’ve played Japan
I’ve been knocked down, I got up again
 
For all the places I have been, I’m no place without you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
Oh, Oh
I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
 
For all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you
 
If I could fly, then I would know
What life looks like from up above and down below
I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry
Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
And you’re the sky
I’m the satellite
And you’re the sky
And you’re the sky


Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

Cecilia And The Satellite

Wide variety of tunes and moods on this album, either songs mostly easy listening dream pop.

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Golden Age

What We Are

Bigfoot

High School Lover

Produced by Frederik Thaae
Mixed by Justin Hergett
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge

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Heartbreak Hollywood

I only ever listen to love songs
The kind that make you wanna die
I wish I could think of something different
But I every time I sing I just wanna break down and cry

I only ever think about heartbreak
I try to find it every day
I wish I didn’t martyr myself for romance
I’m stuck in the hook and I can’t get away

I don’t wanna sing a chorus
I don’t wanna repeat myself
I don’t wanna make this a love song
But I don’t want to do anything else

I don’t wanna sing a chorus
I don’t wanna repeat myself
I don’t wanna keep living in the past
But I don’t want to do anything else

Written, Produced and Mixed by Ryan Marshall Lawhon
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi

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Colyer, the eponymous project of musician Steven Colyer, has established a uniquely versatile sound. As a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, he wrote and recorded every element of his debut album. Drawing inspiration from 60s soul, 90s shoegaze, and everything in-between, no genre—or personal experience— is off limits. Born in the South, raised in the Midwest, and now in Los Angeles, his voice as an artist is as influenced by his experiences as his innate vulnerability. “Lonestardom” — out now!

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