Song: "Out To Sea"
Artist: Smile Empty Soul
Album: "Vultures"
Years: 2006
Place Of Origin: Santa Clarita, California
Years Active: 1998 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Out To Sea" appears to be a song about being in a deep depression. The vocalist feels like he's drowning in sorrow and pain. He's struggling to find hope and struggling to find any good reason in just being alive. Everything around him just seems to bring him down. Depression is a common theme in Smile Empty Soul's music.
SMILE EMPTY SOUL DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
2003 - Smile Empty Soul (Lava Records)
2005 - Anxiety (EMI Records)
2006 - Vultures (Bieler Bros. Records)
2009 - Consciousness (EMI Records)
2012 - 3's (eOne Records)
2013 - Chemicals (Pavement Entertainment Records)
2017 - Rarities (MRAfia Records)
2018 - Oblivion (Smile Empty Music)
CURRENT STATUS OF SMILE EMPTY SOUL:
Smile Empty Soul formed as a band back in 1998, hailing from Santa Clarita, California. The band tried to make a name for themselves playing shows down on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles and eventually signed with label Lava Records for their debut album. The self-titled "Smile Empty Soul" turned out to be the band's most successful album, becoming certified gold thanks in part to the hit singles "Bottom Of A Bottle", "Nowhere Kids" and "Silhouettes". The band had written and recorded their follow up album "Anxiety" which was set to be released in 2005, but after departing Lava Records, that album wouldn't see the light of day until 2009. Their 2006 album, "Vultures", turned out to be their default sophomore album because of this dispute with their old label. In 2009, Smile Empty Soul signed with major label EMI who released the "Anxiety" album as well as "Consciousness". In 2012, the band moved to eOne Records and released the album "3's". It was at this time that frontman Sean Danielsen also began to release solo material. Danielsen is pretty much the engine of Smile Empty Soul, writing all the lyrics and music so essentially, Smile Empty Soul is pretty much a solo project with accompanying musicians. In 2013, the band dropped the album "Chemicals". They followed that up in 2017 with a b-sides compilation called "Rarities" and in 2018, their last proper full length studio album was released titled "Oblivion". The band's most recent release was an acoustic EP in 2019 called "The Acoustic Sessions Vol. 1". Smile Empty Soul is a post-grunge/alternative rock type of band. Their music is very dark and Sean Danielsen's lyrics deal with pain, sorrow, loss and depression. Their songs are very heavy, musically and emotionally. Ever since their first album, Smile Empty Soul has gathered a hardcore fanbase and while they never became super successful, to this very day, their loyal fanbase follows the band all over the world. This is a really good band. Very underrated. If you like bands like The Exies, Trapt, Fuel, Seether or Trust Company, you would most likely enjoy the music of Smile Empty Soul. Just keep in mind, Smile Empty Soul's lyrics are much darker than all of those bands.
TEN SMILE EMPTY SOUL SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. This Is War
2. Silhouettes
3. The Hit
4. Bottom Of A Bottle
5. We're Through
6. Don't Need You
7. Afterlife
8. False Alarm
9. Sides
10. All In My Head
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