“Hey Everyone!,
I’m stoked to announce Samuel T. Herring of Future Islands and I are finally releasing our long lost track ‘Pelican Canyon’. We wrote and recorded this 10 years ago in a little studio in Los Angeles about a road trip we took around the states in 2013.
“Pelican Canyon” is a song that’s really close to my heart. It’s a time capsule of one of many trips I took in my early twenties, when the world was still new to me and I was adventurous enough to drive out into the desert with a total stranger. It encompasses a feeling and experience I’ve been looking to recreate ever since.
Recorded in one take in a haunted Los Angeles studio in 2013, “Pelican Canyon” is a stripped back acoustic track, reminiscent of the 70’s folk of John Prine and Joan Baez. Lyrics such as “So nice to meet you, what’s your name and where you been?” encapsulate the essence of two strangers hitting the road in search of distraction from their day-to-day lives. Over four weeks the pair visited 15 states, including California, Virgina, Maryland, New York, and North and South Carolina, finally deciding to name the song after the pelicans and canyons that flank the magical stretch of Pacific Coast Highway between Los Angeles and Malibu.
Really hope you enjoy this little acoustic song from the vaults!, All the best and thanks so much for your ongoing support. It really means a lot.
released May 9, 2023
Written and performed by Du Blonde & Samuel T. Herring.
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