Hiding Place

from Cool. by seela

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    Cool is the 6th studio album by Seela, a veteran Austin singer/songwriter/performer and back-up singer. Though she’s always had deep involvement in the recording process in the past, she has also always had a producer to fall back on. This time Seela took the reins and self-produced the record she wanted to hear.

    The songs, some she has been playing live for years, pay no loyalty to any particular style but are the result of her many influences: The Police, Spoon, Anita O’ Day, Heart, Steely Dan, and Bowie to name a few. Pop, Rock, Folk, Gospel and Jazz have all been a part of her 20+ year career as an Austin musician and Cool lets it show.

    Backed by her solid-as-a-rock drummer/husband Jon Greene (Patty Griffin, Fastball, Jaimee Harris), her nephew Andrew Casile on guitar, Andrew Pressman (Jimmy LaFave, Nancy & Beth, Anthony DaCosta) on bass, as well as an impressive handful of Austin’s finest, Seela and engineer Britton Beisenherz have created a lush and catchy thirteen-track universe. With gorgeous harmonies and the occasional playful treatment, each song on Cool hits all the right spots.

    This CD comes in a lovely gatefold card case as well as a 6 panel lyric booklet with artwork by Seela.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Cool. via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
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This was a Song Game song: you’re given a title and have a week to write the song. When I saw the words Hiding Place, I immediately thought of the inside pocket of a jacket, the one close to the chest. The song and story just tumbled out from there.

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In the lantern light oh you looked so happy
A blood rush blush on your friendly face
I will hold that thought I will keep that memory
In the hand-sewn pocket of my hiding place

In the lantern light we gathered our children
‘Round the oldest book in our woodland home
And you read outloud you spoke proverbs to them
You, their earthly father with a godly poem
In the lantern light oh, you held me surely
You said you’d come back when the fighting’s done
So, I fill my days since you took your journey
To defend our home from the coming storm

Oh, keep that glass from getting dirty
Oh, keep those fires burning at home…

In the lantern light I saw bloody soldiers
I saw full grown men cry like newborn babes
From the battlefield you kept all my letters
Filled with plans and prayers and better days

In the lantern light I have held my anger
I have kept my curses in my chest
As the oil fades and the war just over
They will send you home that you may finally rest

credits

from Cool., released July 24, 2020
Seela - acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals
Jon Greene - drums
Andrew Casile - electric guitar
Andrew Pressman - bass

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seela Austin, Texas

Born to exhausted Indian immigrants on a mild, summer eve, Seela had an average childhood battling the forces of evil with her superhuman strength. On quality meals of Supertramp, Led Zeppelin, Fozy Bear, & U2, she flourished in nerdy-ness, topping off @ 5’3″. Though songwriting has yet to lead to fame & fortune, opportunity, adventure, & delight have yet to cease. ... more

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