Throwin' in back to the days of VHS, pre-Blockbuster, those paper covered West Coast Video days. These shirts are bright red (just in time for the Phils!), super-soft, and just plain beautiful! Comes with a free download of our debut LP, "War With Shadows." Available in sizes XS - XL. We're stoked on this one!
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Get the NEWEST EP from The Naked Sun on CD - this is how the Naked Sun SHOULD be heard. Crank it in your car! Includes a free download of the EP + a BONUS track!
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This song originally appears on our "Pickled Hearts" EP (2015). We open a lot of shows with this song, and since adding Alan's key parts to the arrangement the band felt like this song needed a newer and better recording. This song is an exploration of existence through both space and time. The lyrics start with the fact that before any stars light hit Earth the Earth was immersed in total darkness. This idea of existing in complete darkness and anonymity fascinates me (Drew), and it reminds me/helps me to embrace light and color and life. Blue and green are the colors of the planet we live on, our home, and this song is a message to protect it, care for it, and to embrace it.
lyrics
Before the stars, the sky painted black
Millions of years to light our path
Now a star for every grain of sand
Death's a hungry ghost haunting me and you
Blue, green, blue, Blue, green, blue
Heavy hearts and heavy minds
Floating through this river of time
Open wide and let me hear your voice
Someone else's sun burning, but I can't see you?
Blue, green, blue, Blue, green, blue
There's a sky up above
And a woman in love with you
How much longer until you
Reach some kind of truth?
I'll ask no more from this ancient art
Just some peace to start this giant heart
We spin in space and stretch this place
The sky is a choir and every star a voice
Blue, green, blue, blue, green, blue
The sky is a choir and every star a voice
credits
from Sun Rising,
released June 5, 2020
Recorded mostly live at Gradwell Studio in Haddon Heights, NJ, February 2020 and engineered by Dave Downham. Mastered by Alan Douches @ West West Side Music.
Musicians:
Drew Harris - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Tim Campbell - pedal steel
Dave Gladney - drums
Ken Letherer - bass
Alan Sheltzer - grand piano and Hammond B3 organ
Written by Drew Harris (ASCAP)
Published by the Naked Sun (ASCAP)
Copyright, The Naked Sun, LLC 2020
Fronted by singer-songwriter, Drew Harris and guitarist Tim Campbell, the Naked Sun have been a staple of the Philadelphia
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Simple finger picking with haunting vocals, perfect arrangements and top notch production make this my favorite album for chillin'. Think croissant: each buttery layer creates a mouth watering treat. The Naked Sun
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