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Underwater Track Team

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1.
The Call 04:11
Break of these chains We’re not afraid to love tonight ‘Cause we know The stars on our side We’re on the rise You can’t deny We hear the call We are the kings tonight We are the queens tonight Kick off you shoes You know our feet are in the sand We got our thumbs out As we’re chasing the passing cars We’re on the rise You can’t deny We hear the call We are the kings tonight We are the queens tonight
2.
Waves 04:30
All the things that make me nervous All the things that I am scared of All the things that make me worry Make me drown When you told me that I’d fall You knew it all along You let me fall so I’d get back up So I’d learn to get back up again My eyes are on You and my feet are on water My feet are on water These waves are still crazy and my feet are on water My feet are on water All the things are unexpected But I know they’re always coming Only make me feel like running But I’ll walk When you told me that I’d fall You knew it all along You let me fall so I’d get back up So I’d learn to get back up again My eyes are on You and my feet are on water My feet are on water These waves are still crazy and my feet are on water My feet are on water I never know how far I’m going I only know how far I’ve come All the things that have been done To make me strong
3.
In this cold December All the lights came down on me Your face your face I still remember And it’s crawling out in the open where I can see You’re gonna set me on fire Your’re gonna set me on fire And I don’t how And I don’t know where And I don’t know when You’re gonna set me on fire I sailed the seven seas But I still see you in my dreams Is this a nightmare or a fantasy All I know Is I’m still yelling baby please You’re gonna set me on fire Your’re gonna set me on fire And I don’t how And I don’t know where And I don’t know when You’re gonna set me on fire I will try to push away But every time I see your face You’re every move just fans the flame And I can’t let you go
4.
(You) were right I was scared this is not the right time I had hoped that I could change your mind Or my heart would give up over time But it won’t leave, No, it won’t leave No, it won’t leave I’ve tried To forget for your sake and for mine It’s messed me up and shivers down my spine (But) I’ll wake up one day and leave it all behind But it won’t leave, No, it won’t leave No, it won’t leave No, it won’t leave In you, I have placed my faith In you, I have lived in vain But it won’t leave, No, it won’t leave No, it won’t leave No, it won’t leave
5.
Don't tell me now you've lost your way Don't tell me now you've given up faith Don't tell me now that you can't move That the world has put sand in your shoes Keep the light on Follow the porch steps Home Home He's calling and you know I'm falling so I'm coming home In the summer time when things were good I knew my father understood That in the fall with changing trees I would leave I am my father's son My greed is a loaded gun My heart is numb He's calliing me Home Home He's calling and you know I'm a falling so I'm coming home

about

Californian six-piece Underwater Track Team are a folk-pop band that proudly display their influences and are keen to draw upon them (Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Fleet Foxes, etc.), whilst still clearly trying to retain their individuality. Their self-titled debut EP, released this month, has been made available to download for free via their BandCamp page and offers five songs of plucky guitar and tight vocal harmonies.

Opening track 'The Call' is the band's elected single, and begins with the sounds of the beach before the strings begin to be strummed in the familiar folksy style. Soon accompanied by "oohs" and "aahs" and a drum-kit eager to be heard, the lyrics then begin to guide us down a carefree road of positive self-confidence.

"We're on the rise, You can't deny,
We hear the call.
We are the kings tonight,
We are the queens tonight."

Even without the shoreline and seagull samples, 'The Call' has a wonderful summery vibe to it that should be applauded for evoking such feelings during a cold and miserable March day.

The watery theme continues into the second track, 'Waves', which talks of fear and making mistakes - likening all the worries to the heavy pressure of water. Yet this song is more uplifting than might appear, and the final lines tell us why:

"I never know how far I'm going,
I only know how far I've come.
All the things that have been done,
To make me strong."

As we hit the middle of the EP there's a brief change of style. 'Set Me On Fire', with its smooth-jazz attitude, lounge-bar aura, and female lead vocal, certainly sticks out amongst its neighbouring folk-fests. Yet, lodged between them all as it is, the track provides a healthy and welcome contrast, and also proves that Underwater Track Team are no one-trick pony.

As we approach the end of the record, penultimate track 'It Won't Leave' is back in familiar territory and yet is almost certainly a high point of the EP. The haunting harmonies - particularly on the frequent "oohs" - are spine-tinglingly good (echoed, coincidentally, in the lyrics themselves) and when the piano hammers its way into the second half, the whole tune becomes a glorious example of what this band can do.

The EP ends with 'Keep The Light On'. Although perhaps a less adventurous track than the others, it's swaying rhythm and final drum beats bring the record to a satisfyingly comfortable close.

Recorded and produced in a way that keeps their sound live and untainted, this debut release has some fantastic highlights that are worthy of exploring.

- Christopher Heppinstall (Aurally Yours)

credits

released March 8, 2013

Recorded and Produced by Benjamin Pevsner

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Underwater Track Team Fresno, California

Young people. Loud noises.

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