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Take a Picture

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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There’s this great movie that no one’s ever heard of called Photographing Fairies that came out in the late 90’s. It’s part period piece, part mystery, part sci-fi. I tried to read the book but it’s campy and terrible and nothing like the movie - a rare case. I was given the title “Waiting to be Born” and with not an idea in my head and a looming deadline, I decided to make it an ode to Mr. Castle, the protagonist of the film.

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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…

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from Cool., released July 24, 2020
Seela - acoustic guitar 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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