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.
Your Forever
Deepfield Lyrics
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That things are going around here?
Are you happy now?
Opened my skin, made a claim of revolution
Then you let yourself right back in
Look at us now, are you saddened by the way
That I am carelessly unbound and still happy now?
Then you let yourself right back in
You are such a beautiful thing
When you're helplessly crying your eyes out
And I hope that there's a better man inside of me
But I'm starting to doubt that there is
What have we become?
I'm falling in and falling out of a thousand days
We lived for love, are you happy now?
Wounded hearts and broken tongues, oh, we let it fly
As I pound my fist against the wall
And you are such a beautiful thing
When you're helplessly crying your eyes out
And I hope that there's a better man inside of me
But I'm starting to doubt that there is
You ain't lonely, then why'd you let me in
Pulling me from the wreckage?
And you smile but smiling's just a phase
And I can't get caught in your forever
And you are such a beautiful thing
And I hope that there's a better man inside of me, oh
And you are such a beautiful thing
When you're helplessly crying your eyes out
And I hope that there's a better man inside of me
But I'm starting to doubt that there is
'Cause I'm starting to doubt that there is
In "Your Forever" by Deepfield, the singer begins by questioning their partner about their happiness with the way things are between them. The opening lines suggest that there may be some dissatisfaction or unease in their relationship. The singer then describes how they opened themselves up to their partner, possibly in an attempt to make things better between them, but ultimately allowed their partner to hurt them again by letting them back in.
As the song progresses, the singer reflects on the state of their relationship and wonders what they have become. They describe themselves as falling in and out of a thousand days, and note that their love has left them with wounded hearts and broken tongues. The lines "And you are such a beautiful thing/When you're helplessly crying your eyes out/And I hope that there's a better man inside of me/But I'm starting to doubt that there is" suggest that the singer still cares for their partner, but feels unsure or inadequate about being the partner they need.
The song ends with the singer questioning why their partner allowed them into their life, whether or not they truly are happy and whether or not the singer can let go and move on from them.
Overall, "Your Forever" is a song about the complexities of relationships and the difficulties of moving on from someone you care for deeply, even when things aren't perfect.
Line by Line Meaning
Look at us now, are you happy with the way
That things are going around here?
Are you happy now?
The singer questions the happiness of their partner and the state of the relationship, wondering if things are truly going well.
Opened my skin, made a claim of revolution
Then you let yourself right back in
The singer tried to make a change in the relationship, but their partner returned and reverted things back to the way they were before.
You are such a beautiful thing
When you're helplessly crying your eyes out
And I hope that there's a better man inside of me
But I'm starting to doubt that there is
The singer admires their partner even at their most vulnerable, but doubts their own ability to be a better person for them.
What have we become?
I'm falling in and falling out of a thousand days
We lived for love, are you happy now?
Wounded hearts and broken tongues, oh, we let it fly
As I pound my fist against the wall
The singer reflects on the state of the relationship, feeling conflicted and hurt as they try to hold onto love but struggle with the wounds caused by their partner.
You ain't lonely, then why'd you let me in
Pulling me from the wreckage?
And you smile but smiling's just a phase
And I can't get caught in your forever
The singer questions why their partner invited them into their life if they weren't lonely, while also realizing that their partner's seemingly happy demeanor is not always genuine. They don't want to be stuck in this pattern of unstable love forever.
And you are such a beautiful thing
When you're helplessly crying your eyes out
And I hope that there's a better man inside of me
But I'm starting to doubt that there is
The singer repeats their admiration for their partner's beauty even in their weakest moment, but continues to doubt their own ability to be a better partner.
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