Baxter Teal, Lead Vocals/Guitar
Aron Robinson, Drum… Read Full Bio ↴Deepfield is:
Baxter Teal, Lead Vocals/Guitar
Aron Robinson, Drums
Sean von Tersch, Lead Guitar
PJ Farley, Bass/Vocals
Deepfield was formed in Charleston, SC, after Teal, Lee, King and ex-guitarist Eric Bass became weary of the music scene that surrounded them. Only after shopping a 3 song demo the band found themselves playing a showcase in New York, where they were promptly signed by industry legend Bill McGathy to his new label, In De Goot Recordings. After several months of development, with the writing of some 70+ demos, the band was then sent to Memphis, TN, to record with producers Skidd Mills and Paul Ebersol (Three Doors Down, Saliva, Third Day). After brief stints on the road with a few different bass players, the band decided on Columbia’s Dawson Huss, who offers the missing piece to Deepfield's live act with skill and vocals that live up to the musicianship the founders established in Memphis.
The band's name is a reference to the Hubble Deep Field, an image of a small region in the constellation Ursa Major, based on the results of a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope. It covers an area 144 arcseconds across, equivalent in angular size to a tennis ball at a distance of 100 metres.
Deepfield have picked a small point in the murky planescape of often-watered-down, overly-safe music, and tried to inform the thirsty public of the diversity of sound possible within modern rock music. Says Teal, "We didn't write our record to revolutionize the mainstream, but to make an impact, to be a catalyst." Their sound is not pre-cognitively singular, but definitely rock, influenced by metal, punk, and progressive: guitar and melody driven with a lot of riffage. The songs on "Archetypes and Repetitions," their debut release on In De Goot Recordings, are varied, dynamic, and diverse.
Their songs, vocal and guitar led, each present a different musical idea. These ideas are explored from "Get It" (the first radio single) a guitar driven piece, to songs whose melodies you will want to belt out at shows, like "Into the Flood," to songs like “Wayside” whose lyrics you will explore in the isolation of your headphones. Within the tapestry, the band is able to show elements of smart-pop mentality with songs like “Fall Apart”, potentially yielding a crossover smash and tapping in to a much larger market than their hard-rock sensibility would ever allow. All of this while maintaining the edge of the rest of the record, and showing furthermore that they are set on not being “pidgeon-holed” in one particular genre. The music is sonically full with tasteful parts, and intricate harmonies. Solid hooks are woven together by brilliant bridges within the song structure, creating an album ready to light a fire under radio.
Deepfield's live show is a high-energy response to the influences each individual brings to the group. Teal, intelligent, always offering his opinion and challenging everyone around him to think, brings it onstage, but if you are watching this defiant frontman carefully, he will show you his vulnerability. Lee, Teal's antithesis, normally reserved and introspective, let's loose behind his Bonham-style kit, bringing a driving energy with solid, smart drum parts. King, often sarcastic and rarely serious, is never more serious in his obsession with perfect tone, perfect parts, and perfect sonic ambience. Huss, the newcomer, complements Teal vocally, and Lee/King with his solid bass work and onstage energy.
So Far Away
Deepfield Lyrics
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The reason why you're gone
I never wanted to be here
But here is where I burn
I never open my eyes
To see your face again
I never wanted to be here
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I don't wanna be here...
Be here anymore
And day to day
The memories will never fade
I'd give it all away
If you could be here, be here now
And I'm caving in
I got a feeling I've reached the end
I cannot pretend
To be here be here now
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I just saw the world disappear
In your eyes
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I don't wanna be here...
Be here anymore
And I'm giving in
This is a game that no one wins
I've broken where I've been
So be here, be here now
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I just saw the world disappear
In your eyes
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I don't wanna be here...
Come back to me now
Make believe it'll be O.K.
Come back to me now
Make believe it'll be Ohhhhhhh... kay
It'll be O.K.
I'm out here dying to know
The reason why you're gone
I never wanted to be here
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I just saw the world disappear
In your eyes
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I don't wanna be here Yeah yeah yeah
Feels like I'm so far away
Feels like I'm so far away
Feels like I'm so far away
I'm out here alone
I don't wanna be here...
Be here anymore
The lyrics to Deepfield's song "So Far Away" express the pain and desperation of a person who has been left behind by someone they love. The singer is struggling to come to terms with the fact that their loved one has gone away, and they don't understand why. The opening lines of the song ("I'm out here dying to know / the reason why you're gone") reveal the singer's intense desire to find out why their partner has left them. These lines also suggest that the singer is feeling a sense of confusion and helplessness.
The second verse of the song ("I never open my eyes / to see your face again / I never wanted to be here / I'm drowning") indicates that the singer is unable to let go of their loved one, even though they know they should. The line "I'm drowning" conveys the sense that the singer is overwhelmed by their emotions and can't find a way to escape them. The chorus ("Feels like I'm so far away / I'm out here alone / I don't wanna be here... Be here anymore") emphasizes the singer's profound sense of isolation and loneliness.
Throughout the rest of the song, the singer continues to express their longing for their loved one's return ("Come back to me now / Make believe it'll be O.K."). However, as the song progresses, the singer also begins to acknowledge the futility of their hope ("I've broken where I've been / So be here, be here now"). Overall, "So Far Away" is a poignant and moving expression of the pain of lost love and the difficulty of moving on.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm out here dying to know
Desperately seeking answers to why you left
The reason why you're gone
The explanation for your sudden departure
I never wanted to be here
Being alone and lost is not what I wished for
But here is where I burn
Being in this place causes me emotional pain
I never open my eyes
Intentionally avoiding reminders of your existence
To see your face again
Avoiding the pain of seeing your face and being reminded of what was lost
I'm drowning
Overwhelmed by feelings of sadness and loneliness
Feels like I'm so far away
The distance both physically and emotionally is vast
I'm out here alone
The feeling of being completely on your own
I don't wanna be here...
The desire to be anywhere but here, in this present situation
Be here anymore
Being in this place is too much to bear
And day to day
Every day passes by
The memories will never fade
The memories of what was lost will always be present
I'd give it all away
Will sacrifice everything to have you back
If you could be here, be here now
Nothing else matters as long as you are back
And I'm caving in
Giving up and losing hope
I got a feeling I've reached the end
The sense of having reached a point of no return
I cannot pretend
Being hopeless and honest about how things truly are
To be here be here now
The desire to have you back in this moment
I just saw the world disappear
The realization that the world is not the same without you
In your eyes
Seeing this loss reflected in your eyes
This is a game that no one wins
The feeling that everything is pointless and empty
I've broken where I've been
The sense of having reached a breaking point
So be here, be here now
The urgent need to have you back in this moment
Come back to me now
The desperate plea for you to return
Make believe it'll be O.K.
The desire to believe that everything will somehow work out
It'll be O.K.
The hope that everything will eventually turn out alright
Yeah yeah yeah
Expressing the desperation and hopelessness of the situation
Contributed by Matthew G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.