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Grey Waves

from Little By Little - LP by Sodastream

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about

Growing up on the coast in Perth I always had a lot of friends who were keen surfers. They spent hours and days out in the waves and had this amazing connection to the water.

In a lot of ways surfing is very much like playing music. It’s a way of life that demands total commitment (if you want to be any good, that is) and it’s also a way of interpreting and appreciating the world. However, like any idealistic pursuit, it gets messy when it comes into contact with real life. As you get older, the pressures and contradictions of everyday life, family and work come into the picture and that youthful ideal has to become something else to survive.

I wrote this little story while thinking about my relationship to music and how it has changed from pure youthful expression to a more meditative form where I can reflect and attempt to make sense of things.

Karl Smith - Vocals, acoustic guitar
Pete Cohen - Vocals, double bass
Marty Brown - Drums

lyrics

How do I feel so much older?
Was it my strength that just passed me by?
It came on like a song
Hard rain fell on us at home

I had a fortune
You had a fortune
We had a fortune
It’s gone, gone, gone…

So how do I feel like a winner 
when each step I take I fall behind?
I lost my job and son
Oh a temper yeah, she said I got one

I had a blessing
You had a blessing
We had a blessing
It’s gone, gone, gone…

I moved to be near the ocean
Where those restless those grey waves 
mark out the sky
I ride my bike to work and later I cut the surf

I had a secret
You had a secret
We had a secret
It’s gone, gone, gone…

credits

from Little By Little - LP, released February 13, 2017

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Sodastream Melbourne, Australia

Karl Smith and Pete Cohen formed Sodastream in Perth, Western Australia in 1997 and released four albums, four EPs, and a live album. Hailed by the likes of BBC’s John Peel, Melody Maker and Pitchfork, the band toured extensively across Australia, Europe, the UK and the USA. After going on hiatus in 2007 they reconvened in 2013 and are set to release their fifth studio album - Little by Little. ... more

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