The ocean is an expanse that we cannot truly comprehend, the river often too small a notion to suggest it is uncrossable, but the sea, the gap between the lands that are so close that on a clear day you could believe you could sail there yourself, those are the waters that fill the imagination; for in the prospect of something new, we find that art can be different, that the voice that carries it is somehow more inclined to mirror our own, and if we were to dive into that body of water we might find that even though our own song has faded, there are Plenty More Songs In The Sea to bring to the surface.
The depths of the sea resemble the depths of our soul, the deeper the depth the more the songs will mean more, carry more pressure for us to bear, but ultimately be satisfying because we have come up for air baring strange and exotic gifts that few on the lands either side of the sea will have ever experienced.
In George Brandon’s debut E.P., Plenty More Songs In The Sea, the sense of discovery is gently, and with great care, brought to the surface for the listener to marvel at, the discovery of the songs that lay waiting to be removed from their bedrock of sand and heavy waters is keenly embraced, and are emotionally deserving of praise and stature.Across the tracks See You In My Next Song, RocknRoll Soul, Kings Of The Buffalo, Punktual, and Growing Up, George Brandon has not just witnessed the sea and its immense power, but now sets his eyes upon the ocean, for if there is more songs in the sea, then what’s to stop a creative soul and observer from seeking out the spiritual proof of finding life two miles down.
A satisfying and generous debut, a name to watch out for and enjoy.