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 the 2017 Sinclair Soul debut album, The Journey). Most of the lyrics were written on the … Read more
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 earliest songwriting efforts by Ric Albano in the late 1980s. Developed on an acoustic using DADGAD … Read more
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 must’ve felt to all involved, who were in no way guaranteed success. The simple musical arrangement … Read more