Ric Albano solo | Sinclair Soul

22 Oct

Big Orange Cat

Written from a genuine place of appreciation but with a bunch of fabricated philosophical little passages thrown together, “Big Orange Cat” features a single underlying message when Ric Albano decided that all the music he was writing in 2020...

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21 Oct

Donovan’s Dread

A distinct remake of a 2005 Imaginary Lines track, the updated 2020 version of “Donovan’s Dread” features a somber re-interpretation of the happy-go-lucky original while maintaining the same lyrics and basic chord structure. The lyrics are all about self...

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20 Oct

Oceans

A song which written about the process of writing another song, “Oceans” was composed the day after Ric Albano wrote a heart wrenching song about the joys and challenges of being a father, called “Try Again” (which appeared on...

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19 Oct

Wasted

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...

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18 Oct

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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...

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17 Oct

Country Blues #72

“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...

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16 Oct

Redemption

“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....

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