Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross is trying to get to grips with a long distance relationship on Boat On The Water, the latest single by his Skinny Dippers project. It is a slow, folk-tinged song, gently going with the flow of the waves, but underneath the doubt is still there as he thinks back at a row he had with his loved one: "Driving to the ocean in your mother's car it's late // Graciously you've picked me up // But drunkenly I rave // Staggering towards the ocean but you guide us from my side // I tell you, you look amazing but it starts it a fight // Have I turned you away // Or are you just afraid you'll stay… with me".
His neighbours Jordan Dunn-Pilz and Dan Alvarez of radio-friendly pop duo Toledo are helping him out, fleshing out the tracks for his debut album, The Town & The City, due for release in August.
Boat On The Water is a self-released single. Buy it from his website.
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