TL:DR – An acrostic acoustic and eclectic electric of original songs from Dave Bradley, written as a semi pseudo autobiographical response to life’s ebb and flow.
The album kicks off with the insistent rocker “In Deep Water”. Then I’m pondering the political climate in “Prevailing Wind”. The angst-ridden “Luna” worries about love. “Foreign Shores” serves its time overland by sea with “The Tide That Never Turns” telling of the twin cities, followed by “When the Mood Takes You”. Watch out for “Turncoats” on the shore and you can “Give My Love to the Waves”. “Coaldust and Seaspray” takes me back to my childhood and before, while “Still Empty Boats” reflects on family life. Finally, I return to the home port in “Sail Me Back to Uh-Huh Town”.
Songs of the Sea is available to stream via SoundCloud, and to download via as a slightly different collection on BandCamp as The Sea Refuses No River.
All songs words and music by David Bradley. Guitars, vocals, bass, synths, percussion, and production David Bradley. Except for drums on “In Deep Water” by Klaus Tropp. Backing vocals on “Give my love to the waves” Beth Bradley.
Visitors might like to know that this album was superseded by a new compilation – The Sea Refuses No River, which was sequenced for me by collaborator and friend Clive-upon-Sea in May 2018.