Return to the Sea

Pop · 2006 · 11 tracks

Return to the Sea

A sprawling debut of tropical indie-pop where sunny calypso rhythms and whimsical woodwinds mask deep, existential meditations on mortality.

It's like a beach party hosted by a ghost who really loves woodwind instruments.

A whimsical yet haunted exploration of life and death set against a backdrop of tropical rhythms and lush orchestration.

Return to the Sea · vs · Islands

Summer+2.2σ

Summer saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks

01

Swans (Life After Death)

9:31

02

Humans

4:59

03

Don’t Call Me Whitney, Bobby

2:32

04

Rough Gem

3:36

05

Tsuxiit

3:05

06

Where There’s a Will There’s a Whalebone

3:56

07

Jogging Gorgeous Summer

2:48

08

Volcanoes

5:26

09

If

4:32

10

Ones

5:40

11

Bucky Little Wing

9:39

Moments Worth Waiting For

the nine-minute opening track shifting from a sparse acoustic meditation into a soaring, multi-layered choral celebration

a sudden hip-hop verse from Busdriver cutting through the chamber-pop orchestration of Where There's a Will There's a Whalebone

the way the recorder melody in Rough Gem feels both ancient and perfectly modern against the driving indie-pop beat

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