Photo by Eliza Callahan
Vermont's Lily Seabird has released a pair of sonically very different but thematically very similar singles. "How far away" is a just under two minute piano ballad. It's only Seabird's vocals and Sam Atallah's piano, and it's a completely compelling and beautiful song about loss. It's melancholy, but beautiful and surprisingly uplifting. "It was like you were coming to wake us back up" is about seeing someone outside of her house that looked like her deceased loved one. The second single is a full band track that is a little faster in pace, but not much. To me, "It was like you were coming to wake us back up" feels more pained, while "How far away" sounds more like reminiscing. Both are beautiful and powerful songs of loss that are well worth spending some time with.
Lily Seabird says of her new singles:
“‘How far away’ closes Side A of Trash Mountain and ‘It was like…’ opens Side B, but they're about the same subject, so it's nice to have them paired together today. The videos were captured in New Orleans last month during a record snowstorm. I was visiting with one of my best friends—it felt funny that we seemed to have brought the weather with us from Vermont.”
You can watch the videos for "How far away" and "It was like you were coming to wake us back up" below. Trash Mountain is due out April 4 on Lame-O Records. For more on Lily Seabird, check out the artist on Instagram. Upcoming tour dates are below the videos and include a June 7 show at The Lilypad in Cambridge, MA and a June 19 show at The Drake in Amherst, MA.
"How far away":
May 15 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's*
May 16 Washington, DC – Songbyrd*
Jun 05 Philadelphia, PA – Ortlieb's
Jun 06 New York, NY – Night Club 101 #
Jun 07 Cambridge, MA – The Lilypad #
Jun 08 Portland, ME – TBA
Jun 19 Amherst, MA – The Drake*
Jun 20 Waterbury, VT – Zenbarn*
Aug 28-31 Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
* w/ Mikaela Davis
# w/ Hemlock
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