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At the age of 22 Ethan Surman has spent a lifetime honing his craft. A true multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. A melding of Pop music fervor and static bedroom recordings. Rounding out an eclectic sound that skirts the lines of R&B, Indie, and Hip Hop.

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Dominic Fike, Daniel Caesar, Tame Impala, Stevie Wonder and the Beatles, Surman has formed an homage to the profoundly emotional works that raised him. Encapsulated in passionate writings and lyricism, as well as a visceral and moving live performance. Slamming together characters collected from rock bands with vocalists who bring soaring harmonies while adding moving piano melodies.

Having moved on from a scholarship at the Berklee College of Music, and recordings with world class producers in the works, Ethan Surman is a musician on the cusp of a bright expansion.

Forget To Come Down

California

Verse I
[Give me that] 
West coast, golden state of mind
Where the sunshine never dies
And your love is like the wave I ride beside you
[Give me that]
Open, orange coloured sky
Can you feel that
It’s the motion in the ocean
That makes you brighter than the sun
[Cruisin’ down the 101]

Chorus I
You’re my
California sunrise
Open up your gold eyes
 Meet me on the coast
Cuz that’s where I’ll be

At sundown
Never looking back now
Dancing to our own sound
Making history
Just you and me, yeah

Verse II
[Give me that]
Halo, smile to pull me in
Can I kiss your summer skin
Cuz my heart is here to swim with you, I know it
[Give me that]
Summer loving all the way
From the Bay down to LA
Cruisin’ down the PCH with you ‘til morning
[Singing]

[Chorus II]
[Post-Chorus]


Bridge
 If you feel like you wanna watch the stars
From the backseat of my car
With the top-down we’ll be
Close enough to reach them
And I hope someday we’ll be the ones
 Living life under the sun
Until then we’ll be California dreaming

[Chorus III]
[Post-Chorus]

[END]

California

Excommunication

Midnight

O.K. Fine

Honey

Blind

Written by: Bruce Wiegner
Produced by: Bruce Wiegner & Bad Vibes

Chorus:
No matter where I run
No matter where I hide
I can’t escape this feeling
I can’t understand why
Nothing under my bed
The monster’s in my head
But my friends saying
Don’t panic, cause everybody dies

Verse 1:
Eventually and if I’m being honest
I found comfort in the phrase 
You know I can get a bit too pessimist 
For my own good 
So I sit and wonder why
I wasted all my time
If everybody dies then
Isn’t it ironic
I‘m too scared to live my life
I just wanna be alright  

Chorus:
No matter where I run
No matter where I hide
I can’t escape this feeling
I can’t understand why
Nothing under my bed
The monster’s in my head
But my friends saying
Don’t panic, cause everybody dies

Verse 2:
It’s pretty dark but it’s the bitter truth  
Its not so black and white it’s more like black and blue
From my pessimistic point of view

All I do is wonder why I 
I wasted all my time
If everybody dies then
Isn’t it ironic 
I‘m too scared to live my life
I just wanna be alright  

Bridge: 
I’ve wasted all my time 
And it’s so hard to admit  
That everybody dies 
But not everybody lives

And I don’t wanna look back
On my life when I’m old and gray 
Wishing I would have just
Had done it differently 

Chorus:
No matter where I run
No matter where I hide
I can’t escape this feeling
I can’t understand why
Nothing under my bed
The monster’s in my head
But my friends saying
Don’t panic, cause everybody dies

Everybody Dies

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“Starry Eyed” was written in the wake of my best friend’s coming out. It was a tender period that included many tough conversations, and tested both of our belief systems. I had to re-examine my views on faith and sexuality, and was faced with challenging questions about what exactly I believed. And there were times where it felt like my faith was slipping through my fingers… 

One night, feeling particularly alone and overwhelmed, I retreated to my studio in an attempt to find some catharsis. I sent up a wordless prayer in the form of a faint whistle and a melancholy melody (the same whistle that opens up the track). There’s something naturally light-hearted and carefree about whistling. It was the opposite of what I felt, but it was my last-ditch effort to inspire hope within myself.

I ended up doubling the whistle melody on electric guitar, and then layered a bunch of synth textures on top of it with my Moog Little Phatty. Before I knew it, my feelings existed in sonic form. And to just sit in my studio, with the lights off, the glow of the instruments, and the music on loop was incredibly healing for my soul. There’s something expressly vulnerable and spiritual that inhabits that part of this song.

"Starry Eyed" lyrics:
I don’t even know where to begin
But I’m feeling over my head
Losing sight of what I believe
The weight is taking its toll on me

So how do I look you in the eyes
And tell you I love you?
With everything shattered on the ground
Searching for the truth

We were holding the lines
Till we fell on hard times
I can still see the stars in the sky
I think that we’re alright

Yeah, we lost control
But we still got hope
I can still see the stars in your eyes 
I think that we’re alright
Yeah, I think that we’re alright

Everything that I thought I knew
Came crashing down because of you
But I’m happy you made a mess
Shook me awake from my ignorance

We were holding the lines
Till we fell on hard times
I can still see the stars in the sky
I think that we’re alright

Yeah, we lost control
But we still got hope
I can still see the stars in your eyes 
I think that we’re alright
Yeah, I think that we’re alright
Yeah, I think that we’re alright

Your secrets are heavy
But I’ll hold ‘em till you don’t need ‘em anymore
Your secrets are heavy
But I’ll hold ‘em till you don’t need ‘em anymore

Your secrets are heavy
But I’ll hold ‘em till you don’t need ‘em anymore
Your secrets are heavy
But I’ll hold ‘em till you don’t need ‘em

Holding the lines
Even in hard times
I can still see the stars in the sky
I think that we’re alright

Yeah, we lost control
But we still got hope
I can still see the stars in your eyes 
I think that we’re alright
Yeah, I think that we’re alright
Yeah, I think that we’re alright
Yeah, I think that we’re alright

Written by Paris Carney & Scott Oatley
Produced by Scott Oatley
Additional Production by Byram

Starry Eyed – Single

Starry Eyed

Alt-pop artist, songwriter, producer. Featured on film/TV projects like La La Land, Jurassic World, SING, Black-ish, The Simpsons, The Voice and more. Pre-Save new single 'To the Girls' out February 23!
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