Album Notes

EMD's Submarine goes deep. While maintaining the folk rock band's typical pattern of harmony-based, genre-mixing tunes, it dives into a heavier "pop rock with a cause" sound reminiscent of 1970's singer songwriters. EMD's vocal harmonies beg the listener to sing along, and the messages shared in their lyrics are easy to access and to connect ot our lives. Songwriters Jay Kaiser and Mandy Carter address some pressing issues of the day without being overtly activist or preachy. "Jay and I really tried to write specifically for this record. Once we had a couple of tunes to get started, we committed ourselves to making Submarine a more cohesive project than our last release, which ended up bouncing around everywhere - so much that we had to title it Big Blend. There has been so much interesting transition in the world in the last couple of years - both unsettling and hopeful - that we were flooded with reasons to write songs. We're also really living into adulthood and all the personal discoveries that this season in life brings. It all became part of what we were trying to share and get other people to connect with. Submarine didn't shape up to be a straight rock and roll project, but it's not as light and fluffy as some of the stuff we've put out before. We're really proud of it, and hope folks will give it a good listen."