Mike Berman “Hold Back The Sea”
Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Mike Berman’s song “Hold Back the Sea” from his forthcoming album In The Woods, which is slated for release on October 23rd. The album was produced by Ed Tree and was engineered by Ed Tree and Conor Sisk. It was recorded at Rainshadow Recording in Port Townsend, Washington and at The Treehouse in San Gabriel, California.
“Hold Back the Sea” is Mike Berman on vocals and acoustic guitars; Elissa Barron on vocals; Ed Tree on bass and electric guitars; Conor Sisk on drums; and Marty Axelrod on Hammond B3 organ, and piano.
As Mike Berman tells us about the song, “As I watched a bulldozer pile up boulders to protect a home on the Long Island Shore, I remembered myself as a boy building sandcastles on the beach in California. And I thought, yeah, that’s never going to work – the sea will always win in the end, and our impact on the climate is going to accelerate the ocean’s march to reclaim the land.”
A folk musician from Los Angeles, Mike Berman crafts songs that sound rootsy, spacious, and bright. This song brings you straight to the ocean and the insignificance of humans by comparison. The tide is coming in, and we’re with the thoughts of those on its shores, through the metaphor of building sandcastles that wash away. It vocalizes the ultimate power of the sea, and nature itself. The waters will rise, the sea will not be deterred in the end.
Learn more and find details here on his website: https://mikebermanmusic.com/