Underwood, by The Sunken Sea

Underwood

by The Sunken Sea

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	1.	Beat Your Chest 02:47		buy track
	2.	Underwood 04:20		buy track

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In early March, I flew down to rural Launceston to stay with my parents for a week. In that week, the country locked down, and I lost my job and all my gigs around Melbourne.

I've now been in Tasmania for nearly three months. These songs were crafted in a frenzied few days where I grappled with frustration at the chaos of this virus-ridden world, and the loss of my old life in grey old Melbourne.

Armed with one mic, a drum machine, a battered old bass, a dead-stringed guitar and an out of tune 1920s piano, these tunes are sparser than the usual full-blown band affair. The dry punch of Beat Your Chest rolls into Underwood's burbling expanse, illustrating my bushland dissociation from the demise of my busy urban existence.

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released June 18, 2020

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The Sunken Sea Melbourne, Australia

Led by Melbourne songwriter Dougal James' frank lyrics and baritone drawl, The Sunken Sea's music blends the personal and the political.
 
Soaring melodies slice through dense rhythms and syrupy harmonies to forge dusty Australiana tinged with lopsided jazz and post-punk. ... more

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