Shuffle of the Day: Burned By The Sun - Beulah

Rarely is a one trick pony something that is loved. Innovation is something so highly praised in our culture we hare a tendency to deride those who seek to perfect rather than innovate. Beulah was a band that had one trick but oh what a trick it was. This San Francisco based group had a indelible talent for combining lush jaunty Beatles-esque sound tracks with deeply depressing and fatalistic lyrics.

The dissonance between the can be jarring as you find your self singing along happily about your life being in shambles, however it also is incredibly compelling. Burned by the Sun off of their 2001 album The Coast is Never Clear is no exception. Smooth harmonies meld with chilling tales of past mistakes and you too will sing along.


(Cole)

High above the bordertown
I can see the golden ground
If I wasn't looking down
I might have lost you in the miles

Ocean blue and foaming white
surround the body of my flight
as I flew out of sight
You were turning in the stiles

and I know what it means to you
and I know what it means to me
and I know how it feels to be
burned by the sun, the sun
I love the sun

Now I'm sleeping on the sand
of an unfamiliar land
And I'm dreaming up a plan
to get you on the breeze

And I'm staring at the speck
Of the map laid on the deck
It's time to make a trek
On forgiving seas

and I know what it means to you
and I know what it means to me
and I know how it feels to be
burned by the sun, the sun
I love the sun

and I know what it means to you
and I know what it means to me
and I know we all want to be
Burned by the sun