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Days of My Escape now available!!

About Me

"Days of My Escape" now available. Purchase here ...

Building on the bones of their 2006 debut, Shadows Rise, Travel by Sea return Spring of 2008 with their sophomore LP Days of My Escape. Once again crafted over the wire - separated by the wilderness between California and Colorado - Travel by Sea’s Kyle Kersten and Brian Kraft use the distance to their advantage. The space and airiness of the opening notes put the wheels in a slow motion descent down the San Diego highway, setting off an eleven song post-folk soundscape replete with hopeful melancholy and longing melodies. From pulsed hush to sparse country singe, Kraft provides a seemingly limitless sonic and instrumental palette of which to augment Kersten’s vocal vignettes. The Broken West’s Dan Iead and Pink Nasty guest.

"Shadows Rise" now available!
Buy it Here!

...or available at Miles of Music

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/7/2005
Band Website: travelbyseamusic.com
Band Members: Kyle Kersten (guitar, vocals, banjo,handclaps, bad moods)
Brian Kraft (guitar, slide guitar, bass, keys, drums, producer, engineer, mixer, weird sounds, banjo, mando, headaches)

Tour Members:
Trevor Gerhard(guitar, wurli, token dodger fan)
Dan Moore(bass, vocals, token charger fan)

Influences: Will Johnson, Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel, Tim Bluhm, Mother Hips, Neil Young, Elephant Micah, Jeff Tweedy, Iron and Wine, M Ward, The Band, Damien Jurado, Jason Molina, Mark Kozelek, Court and Spark, Jim James, Richard Buckner, Dolorean
Sounds Like: Will Johnson, Jason Molina, Iron and Wine, Ryan Adams....
Record Label: Autumn Tone
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

8/21/08 - Two new Reviews (Americana-UK)

http://www.americana-uk.com/auk/modules.php?op=modload&name= Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=3951 Travel By Sea "Days Of My Escape" (Autumn Tone, 2008) Melody, harmony and a place for reflectionW...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:03:00 PST

CD Release show at the Mint this Thursday 8-7-08

$5 tickets Evan Way (Parson Red Heads) 9pm Olin 10pm Travel by Sea 11pm Western States Motel 12am  
Posted by Travel by Sea on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:25:00 PST

6/6/08: New review on www.hanx.net

No idea what it says but we love the Dutch.  http://www.hanx.net/recensieimg/juni08/travel.htm Travel By Sea  - Days Of My Escape Een liedje van hun nieuwe album, Days Of My Escape, is ook ...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:06:00 PST

5/30 - Paste Magazine streaming "Days of My Escape" full album

Hey- for anyone who wants to listen to the new entire album for free- Paste Magazine has the whole thing streaming at their website for the next few weeks. Look for it on the right hand side in the "P...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:17:00 PST

4/29/08: Itunes/Amazon....

Album is on Itunes and Amazon.... http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=279255167&s=143455 http://www.amazon.com/Days-of-My-Escape/dp/B0018AZWNQ/ref=dm _ap_alb1?ie=UTF8&...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:29:00 PST

4/24/08 - Tripwire reviews "Days of My Escape"

Check it...one - two. http://www.thetripwire.com/reviews/2008/4/24/days-of-my-esca pe Travel By Sea's second LP, Days Of My Escape, is another lesson in the power of less is more. Kyle Kersten and Bri...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:58:00 PST

4/8/08 - "Days of My Escape" now available

Building on the bones of their 2006 debut, Shadows Rise, Travel by Sea return Spring of 2008 with their sophomore LP Days of My Escape. Once again crafted over the wire - separated by the wilderness b...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:45:00 PST

2/18/08 - "Days of My Escape"

Hello friends We received our album back today from the mastering house.  We've posted three songs as a small preview.  Hopefully you all enjoy them.  The album will be released via Au...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:03:00 PST

5/31/07 "Shadows Rise" on Itunes....more.....

Well I guess we've finally made it in the world of technology.  "Shadows Rise" is now on Itunes...I think its on Emusic too.  Check it out!!!  Any reviews on Itunes would be appreciated...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:56:00 PST

3/14/07 - "Return to Me" - Sparklehorse cover posted from upcoming tribute album

Available for purchase here http://www.sctas.com/SR/000.html All proceeds go to sweetrelief.org ...
Posted by Travel by Sea on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:38:00 PST