"Bad News in Phoenix" from the self-titled debut album by Greet the Sea. This song was recorded and produced by Greet the Sea in Seattle, WA.

Mixed and Mastered by Graig Markel at the Recovery Room in Seattle, WA.

Greet the Sea is 4-piece indie rock group from the pacific northwest. Visit http://facebook.com/greetthesea for more info.

Bad News in Phoenix

Our submission to the 2017 NPR Tiny Desk contest. We performed a stripped down acoustic version of our song "A Knock at the Door". 

Captured live in our rehearsal space in Everett, WA with a few mics we had lying around. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/Hc-BXF3zWLc

A Knock At The Door (acoustic) - NPR Tiny Desk Submission

Frictionary – lyrics

Woke in the night.
In a room that’s dark and empty,
A voice asks “how did you get here?”
Toss and turn until dawn.
Heavy eyes burning through daylight.
Hang your head, tie a noose
Around your neck.
It’ll drag you along.

(CHORUS)
The faults you bought and the loves you lost
Were all from faking where you belong.
The faults you bought and the loves you lost
Were all from faking where you belong.

And it’s not enough, it’s not enough.
It’s not enough, no it’s not enough.

Frustrated, deflated, with nowhere to go
And nothing to show for it.
Hang your head, tie a noose, arrive at home
And worry through the night.
Don’t belong, don’t belong.

(CHORUS)
The faults you bought and the loves you lost
Were all from faking where you belong.
And it’s not enough, no it’s not enough,
You’re still stuck and asking “how did I get here?”

CREDITS & LINER NOTES
FRICTIONARY
LYRICS & CREDITS TO THE SONG "FRICTIONARY" BY GREET THE SEA.
Woke in the night.
In a room that’s dark and empty,
A voice asks “how did you get here?”
Toss and turn until dawn.
Heavy eyes burning through daylight.
Hang your head, tie a noose
Around your neck.
It’ll drag you along.

(CHORUS)
The faults you bought and the loves you lost
Were all from faking where you belong.
The faults you bought and the loves you lost
Were all from faking where you belong.

And it’s not enough, it’s not enough.
It’s not enough, no it’s not enough.

Frustrated, deflated, with nowhere to go
And nothing to show for it.
Hang your head, tie a noose, arrive at home
And worry through the night.
Don’t belong, don’t belong.

(CHORUS)
The faults you bought and the loves you lost
Were all from faking where you belong.
And it’s not enough, no it’s not enough,
You’re still stuck and asking “how did I get here?”

CREDITS & LINER NOTES
Produced and Recorded by Greet the Sea
Written, arranged, & performed by Greet the Sea | Lyrics by Brett Shelton
Published by Greet the Sea / Bad Snoozing Publishing ASCAP

Brett Shelton – vocals, guitars, sfx
Nik Pfeifer – guitars, vocals
Ross Powell – bass guitar
Ryan Mulligan – drums, percussion

Mixed & Mastered by Brett Shelton in Seattle, WA

Artwork Photography by Burak Kebapçı, & Qijin Xu

Artwork Layout & Design by Brett Shelton
Marketing, Press, & Legal by Nik Pfeifer & Ross Powell

Press – press@greetthesea.com
Band/Management – band@greetthesea.com
Booking – booking@greetthesea.com

Frictionary (Single)

Lyrics
Landslide rolling over one twenty-three.
Outside a picture perfect pristine.
In-between there’s a space you can’t keep.
Safe from lows, a place you’ll never know,
But wish you did.

Stranger, let’s split the distance
From harbors unwelcome and desolate.
Send us off and hope we don’t get lost
Between the dulls and pits,
The moments you have missed mending your hull.

Too blind to see through the clouds.
Another tidal wave but you ignore the sound.

(CHORUS)
Sailing off, you’re off, to hide that albatross.
Sailing off, you’re off, to hide that albatross.
If you didn’t have to then you didn’t have to.
If I didn’t have to I’d never ask you.

(Bridge)
And did you find what you were looking for?
Catching you off balance and falling overboard.
Come up for air just to fall in, now you’re falling all the time.
I’ll never understand what you were looking for.
Come up for air just to fall in, now we’re falling all the time.

Come back to life and mend your hull.
Come back to life and leave behind the lows.

(CHORUS)
Sailing off, you’re off, to fight that albatross.
Sailing off, you’re off, to fight that albatross.
You didn’t have to if you didn’t have to.
If I didn’t have to I’d never tell you.

Come back to life and mend your hull.
Come back to life and leave behind the lows.
credits
releases September 18, 2020
Brett Shelton – vocals, guitars, sfx
Nik Pfeifer – guitars, vocals
Ross Powell – bass guitar
Ryan Mulligan – drums, percussion

Produced and Recorded by Greet the Sea
Written, arranged, & performed by Greet the Sea | Lyrics by Brett Shelton
Published by Greet the Sea / Bad Snoozing Publishing ASCAP

Mixed & Mastered by Brett Shelton in Seattle, WA

Artwork Photography by Chuttersnap & Kellen Riggen

Artwork Layout & Design by Brett Shelton
Marketing, Press, & Legal by Nik Pfeifer & Ross Powell

Cal Riffken Jr.

Lyrics
The sound of crashing waves,
Yearning for another place.
Slips down the throat and aches the nerves.
Caught in your eye, the allure.

(CHORUS)
Far away, far away,
The promise of the open air,
Longing to get out of here.

The sigh kept unreleased
Distracts a smile, begs relief.
Where is your head? Somewhere adrift.
It’ll sweep you up before you know it.

(CHORUS)
Far away, far away,
The promise of the open air,
Longing to get out of here.

(CHORUS)
Far away, far away,
The promise of the open air,
Longing to get out of here.

CREDITS & LINER NOTES
Produced and Recorded by Greet the Sea
All songs written, arranged, & performed by Greet the Sea | Lyrics by Brett Shelton
All songs published by Greet the Sea / Bad Snoozing Publishing ASCAP

Brett Shelton – vocals, guitars, sfx
Nik Pfeifer – guitars, vocals
Ross Powell – bass guitar
Ryan Mulligan – drums, percussion

Mixed & Mastered by Brett Shelton in Seattle, WA

Artwork Photography by Marko Blazevik, Laura Vinck, Ryan Wilson, Danielle Barnes, Rafael Delboni & Andrea Ferrario

Album Artwork Layout & Design by Brett Shelton
Marketing, Press, & Legal by Nik Pfeifer & Ross Powell

Press – press@greetthesea.com
Band/Management – band@greetthesea.com
Booking – booking@greetthesea.com