This is the only song on Out There Somewhere that was left over from sessions for the previous Sinclair Soul album, The Good Guys. This is at once unique in many ways as well as hearkens back to the...
Most of the songs on Out There Somewhere were based on real life events, but “Hanging Gardens of Babylon” uses a pure parable. The lyrics imagine the construction of the of the ancient world wonder and how insane this...
“Country Blues #72” is a song that pretty much strikes the heart of what was trying to be accomplished with this solo album. Composed in February 2020, the lyrics were derived from an established classic by a famous British...
“Redemption” is the second (quasi-)commissioned song on Out There Somewhere, originally composed in 2015. It is inspired by a real-life story about a friend trying honestly to better herself but something from the past coming back to haunt inexplicitly....
This defacto title song is the most complicated and lengthy track (at nearly 7 minutes long) on Out There Somewhere. It has seven distinct sections that repeat during a very long and complex journey which frequently returns to the...
“Sweet Emily” was a song that was commissioned to Ric Albano as a tribute to an infant girl named Emily who died suddenly. Naturally, this was very difficult as Ric spent several months painstakingly deliberating each an every word....
“Tangytown” is a unique song in the Out There Somewhere collection. It was written around 2006 during the Imaginary Lines project but, although revised several times in subsequent years, it was not considered for release until 2020. The song’s...