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Dan Andriano Wants to Get Back to "Sea Level"

Posted by Aaron H on August 12, 2021

Dan Andriano Wants to Get Back to "Sea Level"
Photo Credit: Zach Thomas

Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio has released a new solo track with his new backing band, The Bygones (Dylan and Randy Moore of Get Married). You can check out the video for the new track "Sea Level" after the jump.

Dan Andriano on "Sea Level:"

I think for me, the song is about self-realization and mental illness, finding your way to where the help is. I recently had my first taste of elevation sickness being higher up in the Rockies than I’d ever been. As we were boarding the flight home I thought aloud to my wife, ‘Just get me back to sea level’. By the time I had found my seat, I was thinking to myself, that’s not a bad metaphor for what I’ve been searching for mentally, which is a better awareness of myself and trying to identify sooner when I’m spinning out or sinking down.

Dan Andriano & The Bygones - "Sea Level"

Dan Andriano Wants to Get Back to "Sea Level"
Photo Credit: Zach Thomas

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