Lyric Video for Lake Street Dive "Set Sail (Prometheus & Eros)"
Our new album "Good Together" is out now! Listen here: found.ee/LSDGoodTogether
This started as a demo that Bridget sent me the first bit of just before I got on a flight to Japan. She told me that she pictured two humans landing on a new planet after narrowly escaping the destruction of Earth with nothing but their love (and their spaceship?) intact. For whatever reason, the voice memo was titled “Prometheus and Eros.” It occurred to me that maybe the people on that planet weren’t just humans but some reincarnation of the aforementioned gods. Eros, who brought love to humanity, and Prometheus, the titan who stole fire from heaven and gave it to mortals. About as different from each other as any two “entities” could be. From there it wasn’t too hard to continue the story (especially with thirteen hours to kill).. Suddenly, it was a duet and it was an EPIC tale. A little bit love story, a little bit space opera, a little bit creation myth…
But whoever they were, these intrepid lovers, they were strangers in a strange land having nothing but each other. In the end, whether narrative or allegory, epyllion or simple love song, it made perfect sense. And this song concludes the album the same way in which it began: a song about two conflicted people with a great deal of history behind them but the potential for anything in front of them. They sing, they weep, they love - and they hold hands as they step unto the verge of something new.
Produced by Mike Elizondo
Recorded and Mixed by Justin Francis at Phantom Studios, Gallatin, TN
Assisted by Erica Block and Alex Wilder
Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound
Rachael Price - lead vocals
Michael Calabrese - drums, vocals
Bridget Kearney - bass, vocals
James Cornelison - guitar, vocals
Akie Bermiss - keys, vocals
Rob Moose - strings
Strings arranged by Rob Moose
Written by Akie Bermiss and Bridget Kearney
Photo by Shervin Lainez
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