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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.

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1.
Prize 04:44 video
It all happened so fast and so slow at the same time You were never the same again then you left us behind Now i’m driving with the seat pushed back all the way I relax cus you’re alright Now you’re alright I didn’t want to try so I tried and I failed again and again and again And if I ever made you smile I took that as a win. Your smile my prize I can see you in your easy chair Morning paper, morning hair And you’re alright. Now you’re alright
2.
Up2Me 03:57 video
We are floating underneath everything Wholly hoping what we catch doesn’t sting If I was certain how could I sleep at night? If I had doubts now what would that look like? We go walking slower than backwards We go dancing on the blue moon Cautious fingers are flipping through records Ghostly mouths start singing that tune If it was up to me, but it’s not up to me, you wouldn’t have my heart If it was up to you, but it’s not up to you, I wouldn’t have your heart I’ve been singing all the day long yeah I’ve been dreaming a beautiful song Open up, you’re lost and then found again Hold me close, I’ll sleep like a mountain
3.
Shine 03:51
Well, they don’t even ask and they get what they wanted Cus you just cannot pass up a sure chance to flaunt it And I sit in the back I’m just a drop in the bucket I really wish that you would shine for me. I don’t wanna be mad, I don’t wanna be jealous But it made me feel bad and it made me feel useless And you say its not me and you say, “Oh, baby, it’s just business” But I really wish that you would shine for me Come on and shine like you used to do Make me feel like the best thing that ever happened to you Show me you’re mine and I’ll quit my crying These days it seems that’s all I ever do I remember the days; you and me in the apartment Oh, you loved me you’d say cus I was strong and unguarded But now I’m weak in the knees and afraid I’m being taunted Oh, I really wish that you would shine for me.
4.
Forget about what they said to you Forget about what they said that you can do We don’t allow anything that’s new so forget it I was around when all of this began And the big ones never learned my name I never found that secret formula and I looked and I looked and I looked And when the world comes When the world comes for you, we’ll be watching. Oh, no! You did it again Don’t you listen to anything I said? Now they’re never gonna let you in Don’t you listen…
5.
Hiding Place 03:28
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
6.
Between me and Mars there’s a black, blackness. I’m hurled into space. I can’t sleep past five AM, I’m so out of place Between me and Mars there’s a cold, coldness orbiting my head Something more than gravity’s been keeping me in bed And by this time tomorrow I won’t be where you are All my thoughts are hollow, I’ll blame it all on Mars Between me and Mars there’s some big trouble for which there is no cure Three hundred years ahead of me six thousand years before Between me and Mars there’s a black, blackness and I’m scared of the dark So I’m curled up in a little ball, a pounding in my heart Between me and you there’s a whole country. I’ve only seen a bit Was it just 21 days in a minivan, man I can’t get enough of it Between me and Mars there’s a black, blackness and I’m hurled into space I can’t sleep past five AM, I’m so out of place And by this time tomorrow I won’t be where you are All my thoughts are hollow, I’ll blame it all on Mars And by this time tomorrow I won’t be where you are As I’m watching you go, I’ll blame it all on Mars
7.
This day was over before it began. I promised I’d hurry and not change plans But you won’t believe me ever again Cus I’m still laying in bed Last night’s disaster was not meant to be My bad behaviour surprises even me Now I’m just a coward in blue floral sheets And I’m still laying in bed We ate like fishes, we drank like kings It started out innocent, but then here’s the thing I’ve got a big mouth and it loves to sing It went on and on, and on, and on, and on You’ve had eight hours and your conscience is free You’re making me coffee and trying to be sweet Though your reputation is worse cus of me And I’m still laying in bed Yeah, I’m here hiding in bed.
8.
I could build a house out of missing you I could fill an ocean with goodbye Watering your garden with a million tired tears I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I try, I try I could fill the night with wishing Wishing things were different than they are Put wishes end to end and put the string into your hand You could pull me up into the stars Into the stars are not known for being fair I know now, now that you live there Oh, with eyes closed it’s hard to say what’s real So I move slow and make my way by feel I could build a house out of missing you I can kill a promise with a lie Pull the lie apart you’re looking straight into my heart Never even ask the reason why The reason why I’m not known for being fair Oh, I know now, now that you’re not here Oh, with eyes closed it’s hard to say what’s real So I move slow and make my way by feel… I make my way...
9.
Oh, Mr. Castle, how could you have know that this whole time you were waiting to be born Your wife, Mrs. Castle, slipped into the snow The woman of your dreams that you never got to know How you gonna get her back? Blood on your collar, flower in your throat Don’t tell ‘em nothing, let em get your goat Now Mr. Castle, you don’t look too well You’re scaring off the customers with secrets you won’t tell How you plan to get her back? Take a picture it’ll last a lot longer Everybody thinks that you’ve gone softer in the head Dying to be dead People heal and move along and get over Through the woods you run you look over your shoulder a foot-fall away Like it was yesterday… Oh, Mr. Castle, careful what you eat There’s love in the wine and anger in the meat War took your muscle, you need building up You’ll sleep like a baby and wake up with the sun Don’t let em take you down, don’t let em get you down Take a picture it’ll last a lot longer Pocket portrait calling out from your trousers - hold it tight And dream of her all night... People heal and move along and get over Through the woods you run you look over your shoulder a foot-fall away Like it was yesterday…
10.
Oh, rescue me my saviour, for I am truly lost Lost of my own volition, I turned tail when you called And like a dog I am loyal And like a dog I wanna go home Won’t you take me back under the safety blanket of your love… Oh, come to me my saviour, reach me with pierced hands I cannot move a muscle to change my circumstance And like a dog I am simple And like a dog I need to learn The difference from the hand that feeds me and the one that burns..
11.
She can tell tall tales she learned in the cradle She can whisper low and quiet a room She can wear high heels and dress like an angel And with a laser pointer she’ll dissect your doom And she won’t leave you alone when you cry No, she won’t leave you to cry She’s so bad at the good times, yeah she’s bad at good times See her comfortable in bent situations She speaks her mind when misunderstood She can sleep all night, she don’t feel no pressure From her heart she cries for the less fortunate And she’s the best thing in your life She’s the best thing in your life She’s so bad at the good times, yeah she’s bad at good times
12.
Cool 02:31 video
You don’t like a fuss You don’t wanna have to figure it out And you don’t want to hang around You like to keep moving You’ll hang out with us If it seems like the sound is right You can step out or stay all night You can take it or leave it You’re so… You’ve got no regrets You’ve got places you wish you knew And you’ve go people you’re headed too But you don’t wanna seem hasty And I am not a guest It seems a decision been made In your peripheral vision I’ll stay Until you happen to face me You’re so cool… When she closed her eyes Yeah, everything changed for me Night right away but eventually Now I see cleaner and clearer And I don’t like a fuss I don’t wanna have to figure you out And you don’t want to hang around Yeah, you’ll do as you please You’re so cool…
13.
He sang the song with a voice pitch perfect a low fell over the room I held on tight to my mother’s right hand she closed her eyes as she swooned Straight from his lips a silk thread came falling and wrapped my heart it it’s cocoon If not for the seat at his final performance I’d know not that mourning tune It served me well when my father was stricken by a spell that took sight from his eyes He at the table, his bible there with him, he tried not to fall to his pride Verses he’d recite straight from his memory though robbed of the light of the moon And me on my knees in the back of the kitchen whispering that mourning tune My sister was older, she married a merchant He sold his wares ‘cross the shore His ship was boarded the thieves took over Pirates plundered his stores When he tried to stop them they tore his chest open And ended a sweet love too soon I braided her hair and wove through black ribbons And we sang that mourning tune Now I’ve been out walking for what seems a century My family buried and gone A ghost of the country, a legend to many They tell of my tales in a song Oh, I’ve never married or taken a lover Since sadness became my groom Imagine my awe the day I discovered That I was that mourning tune

about

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.

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released July 24, 2020

Seela - acoustic guitar, vocals, & keys
Jon Greene - drums & percussion
Andrew Casile - electric guitar, vocals on Cool
Andrew Pressman – bass
Nathan DeLacretaz - Pedal steel on Prize, When the World, Cool, & Black Blackness
Stephan Carolan – lead electric guitar on Before it Began & His Final Performance, e.guitar support on Hiding Place
Daniel Thomas Phipps - vocals on Black Blackness, Build a House, Prize, Safety Blanket, & His Final Performance
Emily Gimble - piano on His Final Performance & Bad and Good, keys & vocal outro on Shine
Tom Pearson - bass on Prize & Black Blackness
Wilson Marks - Baritone guitar on Build a House, electric guitar on Bad at Good
Robert Harris - Electric guitar on Prize & Black Blackness
Micheal Archer - bass on Bad at Good
Dee Richardson - vocal outro on Shine
Brian Beattie - accordion on Before it Began


Produced by Seela
Recorded & Mixed by the incredible Britton Beisenherz at Ramble Creek Recording Studio in Austin, TX
Mastered by Jim Wilson

All songs by Seela Misra, BMI Copyright 2020
Guitar figure on Build A House written by Chris Vestre
Take a Picture was inspired by the movie Photographing Fairies

Artwork by Seela

Thank you to the musicians who played & sang on this record, to Britton who is always steady and makes everything work, to Scrappy Jud Newcomb who knows where everything should go, to Jeff Plankenhorn who is one of the Helpers, to my Patreon patrons for the legitimacy of a monthly paycheck, to Neela & Joe for your millions of prayers, to Tom, Robby, Nate, Rene, and Barbara for being so much fun to hang out with, and to Jon Greene for being my favorite.

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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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