Over the Ocean
Track three of The Curtain Hits the Cast, sung by Alan Sparhawk and released as a UK CD single.
Low, from The Curtain Hits the Cast (1996)
The album credits the song to Low, with Alan Sparhawk singing lead, and it runs 3:47 on the CD and 3:50 in MusicBrainz's listing. The Curtain Hits the Cast came out on August 13, 1996 on Vernon Yard Recordings, recorded in January and February 1996 at Jon and Stu's in Seattle with Steve Fisk producing. The UK CD single, catalog YARD24CD, paired it with "Violence" (5:55) and "Be There" (8:26), and it also appeared on two 1996 promo compilations, huH Volume 26 and How Low Can a Punk Get?
The video, directed by Philip Harder according to a search summary of the Perfect Duluth Day archive, premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes, introduced by Matt Pinfield, in 1996, and the clip is on the DVD in A Lifetime of Temporary Relief (2004). Official live versions include One More Reason to Forget (recorded November 6, 1997 at the Church of St. Philip Neri in Louisville; 4:55) and Paris '99: Anthony, Are You Around? (recorded November 5, 1999 at La Maroquinerie; 4:04). We found no statement from the band on the meaning, no chart history and no setlist count.
On stage
- 1997-11-06, Church of St. Philip Neri, Louisville On One More Reason to Forget.
- 1999-11-05, La Maroquinerie, Paris On Paris '99: Anthony, Are You Around?
More songs by Low
Murderer, Do You Know How to Waltz?, Especially Me
Sources
- The Curtain Hits the Cast, Wikipedia
- Over the Ocean (single), MusicBrainz
- Video archive: Over the Ocean, Perfect Duluth Day (2013-07-20)