Seattle’s Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles announce their debut album, Oh Man, Cover The Ground! Out May 26th, 2015 on Suicide Squeeze Records, fans of La Luz will recognize Cleveland’s vocals as she sings and writes in both groups. Noisey premiered the lead single, “Golden Days,” and reported, “If you’re down
with Beck circa Sea Change you will most certainly dig this.”
Listen / Post: “Golden Days” by Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles
Shana Cleveland & The Sandcastles
Oh Man, Cover The Ground
May 26, 2015
1. Butter & Eggs
2. Holy Rollers
3. Oh Man, Cover The Ground
4. Itching Around
5. Potato Chips
6. Golden Days
7. (death riff)
8. SPATM
9. Rounding The Block
10. City To City
11. Sucking Stones
12. Quiet As Skin
13. Change In The Ocean
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Shana
Cleveland is a rare artist who seems dismissive of time. She’s been
performing with a rotating batch of musicians tagged as The Sandcastles
for over six years, and yet Oh Man, Cover The Ground is
their first proper album. It would be easy to chalk up the delay behind
the debut to a slacker lifestyle–Oh Man, Cover The Ground’s laid-back
vibe certainly suggests an extremely casual approach to songcraft. But
Cleveland is no slacker. In the years since she first started playing
out under her own name, she’s helmed a number of other music projects;
most notably her revered Girls In The Garage-inspired band La Luz. In
her downtime, she’s crafted a set of 37 trading cards dedicated to
obscure acoustic guitarists and a calendar of drawings depicting rock
bands of yesteryear. The glacial pace of Oh Man, Cover The Ground’s
development has little to do with work ethic and everything to do with
doing things in a way that feels right. “I don’t really think of it as a
proper band,” says Cleveland. “The line-up has been different for
almost every show depending on which arrangements I thought would be
best for the atmosphere. Some shows I played alone; some with bass,
clarinet, and backing vocals; some with the addition of drums, cello and
piano. We’ve played shows really selectively throughout the last few
years–just sticking to shows that I thought sounded really interesting.
Like, I’d rather play these songs for people in their bedrooms or in a
field at night than on a three band bill at a bar.” In an industry
fixated on striking while the iron is hot, getting an artist in front of
as many people in as short of a time as possible, Cleveland’s
insistence on atmosphere over arbitrary numbers is a bold move.That
insistence on operating outside of its pressures and tedious reminders
has enabled Cleveland to make something that feels, well… timeless. Oh
Man, Cover The Ground came together according to its own clock and
calendar, and consequently feels removed from the bustle of everyday
life. “I think these songs have a lot to do with the weirdness of being
inside your own head all the time in the outside world. Sort of an
internal monologue of thoughts I have but wouldn’t say. It’s about
laziness, and lust, and wanting to eat other people’s food when it looks
better than mine.”
The LP is available in a limited pressing of 1,000
copies on custom Lake Blue color vinyl. A digital download card for MP3
is included.
For the Cassette version please visit our friends at Hairdo Records!
