lyrics

Stick me out in the cold again
God knows you tried
All the times I went to leave
I thought I’d died

Ain't for the faint of heart, now
Ain't for the plush
Never talk to me again
I’ll never let you touch

I’ll get on the bus again
If that’s what you want
The things I tried to be
Never do you harm

I said, “I’m taking off”
I said, “Im out”
To walk around the block
To make the sound

That’s some hard luck
Ooh, that’s some hard luck
I can’t even lie

Back on the hunt again
I knew to drive
Those times you rode in my car
And gave me jive

Everyone I talk to now has 
Somewhere to go
Except my engine’s stalled
Middle of the road

I said that’s hard luck
Ooh, yeah that’s some hard luck
Don't let it get ya down

Won't’ have to go again
And I’ll tell you why
I’ll never take you down,
Never make you cry

Take the all the time you need
Take all the dough
I’ll never ask or tell 
That you’ve got to go

That was some hard luck
Yeah that was some hard luck
I’ll ever let you down

That was some hard luck
Yeah, some hard luck
Some hard luck

I’ll never let you down

Hard Luck

The 9 tracks that make up "Acoustic Sketches" were written and recorded using a Yamaha 4-track cassette recorder in my basement.

The idea behind this recording process was simple: capture these songs in their most vulnerable and basic manner. The lyrics all take on a similar task: to remove myself from the picture of my surrounding. By never really looking directly at myself and instead looking at the people, places, ideas, and events around me, I actually paint a more vivid self-portrait.

There are some errors on these recordings: a rhythm hiccup, noisy radiator in the background, me coughing, a phone vibrating. But I left them, partially out of laziness, partially for charm, and partially because they are exactly what they are supposed to be: sketches.

7 Carousel

6 On & On

5 Practical

4 All The Things You Want

3 Anything to Anyone

2 Francis

1 Let Go of What You're Holding Onto

Recorded in Fall 2019 with West Taylor of Space Canoe Records. 
Copyright Sean Marshall 2020 (BMI)

Traveler

Hailing from coastal New Jersey music town Asbury Park, Sean Marshall uprooted from the shore in 2014 and travelled inland, finding himself in Columbus, OH with a handful of songs and over a decade of performing experience.

Marshall’s forthcoming full-length effort, New, transfers the sentiments of displacement and transition onto a palette of rock tunes. Supported by his new band, The Near Miss (Dakota McElley- bass; Corbin Pratt- guitar & pedal steel; Brady Oxender- drums), New‘s 10 songs offer a refreshing way to look at change- for all its comforts and discomforts- as an exciting chapter of one’s life. 

You can hear Sean Marshall & the Near Miss in the venues of central OH and beyond.

www.seanmarshall.net