Old Sea Brigade

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Old Sea Brigade
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Background information
Birth nameBenjamin George Cramer
Born (1991-04-16) April 16, 1991 (age 33)
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2015–present
Labels Nettwerk Music Group
Website www.oldseabrigade.com

Benjamin George Cramer, better known as Old Sea Brigade, is an American songwriter and producer, signed to Nettwerk Music Group. [1] [2] Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Cramer currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. [3]

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Career

Old Sea Brigade's debut self-titled EP was released in January 2016 to much critical acclaim. [4] Cramer spent the following year touring the United States and Europe, including support shows with Joseph, Julien Baker, and Benjamin Francis Leftwich. [5] [6] [7] His music has been described as indie folk with "a sense of Southern-gothic". [8] Old Sea Brigade released his debut album Ode to a Friend in January 2019. [9] In August 2020, Old Sea Brigade released a collaborative EP, All The Ways You Sing In The Dark, with his friend, Luke Sital-Singh. [10] Old Sea Brigade's music has been featured in notable TV shows including Grey's Anatomy , [11] This Is Us , [12] Nashville , [13] and A Million Little Things . [14]

Discography

YearWorkTrack ListingNotes
2016Old Sea Brigade – EP1. Love Brought Weight
2. Better Days
3. Georgia
4. Sleep in the Park
5. Towns
Debut EP
Christmas Dream – Single1. Christmas Dream Single
2017Wash Me Away – EP1. Once Again
2. Wash Me Away
3. All the Same
4. Wishing Well
5. Laying Here
Explicit Content
We Belong – Single1. We Belong Pat Benatar cover
Cover My Own – EP1. Tidal Wave
2. Cover My Own
3. Let Me Know
4. Waiting For
5. Did You Think It Was Right?
Acoustic Version
released in 2018
Songs for the Holidays – EP1. Motel 6 and Christmas Eve
2. Blue Christmas
3. Christmas Eve Can Kill You
4. If We Make It Through December
Original Song
Cover of Elvis Presley
Cover of The Everly Brothers
Cover of Merle Haggard and The Strangers
2019Ode to a Friend1. Sinkhole
2. Seen a Ghost
3. Feel You
4. Resistance
5. Hope
6. Stay Up
7. Western Eyes
8. Straight Through the Sun
9. Want It Again
10. Cigarette
11. Ode to a Friend
Debut Album
2020All The Ways You Sing In The Dark - EP
  1. Call Me When You Land
  2. Summertime Low
  3. Amaranth Moonlight
  4. Los Feliz
Collaborative EP with Luke Sital-Singh
2021Motivational Speaking1. How It Works
2. Day by Day
3. Salt
4. Nothing Clever
5. American Impressions
6. Caroline
7. Mirror Moon
8. High Times
9. Walls
10. Still
11. Come Tomorrow
12. 4 July

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