The Secret Beach, is the project of singer/songwriter Micah Erenberg, he will be releasing his new album, We Were Born Here, What’s Your Excuse, on August 23 via Victory Pool. Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the artist shares “Hat’s Way Of Walking”, a cover of the Famous Sandhogs. “Some time in early 2020, I discovered the Famous Sandhogs, and my life changed forever,” claims Erenberg. “As a fan of underground / outsider artists in music, the Sandhogs were my Holy Grail musical find. Over their two-decade career, they’ve remained anonymous while releasing over 60 albums.

“Naturally, I became obsessed with the Sandhogs and quickly discovered their strong support of our local music scene. It’s a close-knit community, and I was amazed to find an active member / artist maintaining anonymity for so long. Eventually, I reached out to them via email. To my surprise, they seemed very happy to talk about music and creativity. I learned a lot. One night, as I slept with the Sandhogs’ first album playing, I was jolted awake by a song that completely rocked my world. I knew instantly that I wanted to play it.”

One of Erenberg’s primary inspirations for this record was the Bob Dylan & The Band album Planet Waves. The LP had long held a special appeal for the songwriter, and after deep-diving on some of the album’s finer details, Erenberg discovered that Planet Waves’ producer, Rob Fraboni (also known for his work with the Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, and Tim Hardin, to name but a few) was still active and, as it turned out, still open to working with new projects. After a few phone calls, it was decided that Erenberg would travel to the veteran producer’s studio of choice in Connecticut where the two spent five days. Fraboni offered his enthusiastic perspective on the tunes, shared some of his well-honed musical philosophies, and a friendship was quickly cultivated. The songwriter stuck this experience in his back pocket and used it as fuel to write a few more songs and complete the final mix of the album.

On the album, Erenberg played a whole pile of instruments on the album himself, but also include contributions from Kacy & Clayton, keys and guitar courtesy of Liam Duncan (aka Boy Golden), and duel backing vocals from Duncan and frequent bandmate Fontine. Erenberg captured the album on a variety of classic vintage tape machines.

The Secret Beach
We Were Born Here What’s your Excuse
Tracklisting
Victory Pool

01 Beautiful Everything
02 Sunspill
03 Buying You A Garnet Amp
04 22
05 All This Living
06 Have You Seen The News?
07 If You Don’t Love Me, Let Me Go
08 Blame Manny
09 Sucked Into It
10 L.A. Haircut
11 Long Distance Gossip
12 Not So Bad
13 Natural Metaphor
14 Where Did It Go?
15 Hat’s Way of Walking

The Secret Beach 2024 Tour Dates

August 31 – Winnipeg, MB – The Leaf
September 5 – Vulcan, AB – Nine In A Line
September 7 – Nelson, BC – The Royal w/ Anna Katarina
September 8 – Enderby, BC – The Small Axe
September 10 – Spokane, WA – Spokane House Show Collective
September 12 – Vancouver, BC – Green Auto
September 13 – Bellingham, WA – Honeymoon Mead
September 14 – Olympia, WA – Cryptatropa w/ Warren Dunes
September 18 – Portland, OR – Turn! Turn! Turn! w/ Tispur
September 19 – Astoria, OR – Obelisk w/ The Hacjkles Music
September 20 – Roseburg, OR – The Green Heron
September 21 – Mt. Shasta, CA – CA
September 25 – Encinitas, CA – House Concert
September 26 – Long Beach, CA – Vine
September 27 – Parkfield, CA – Parkfield Cafe
October 8 – Peterborough, ON – Sadleir House w/ Nick Procyshyn
October 9 – Montreal, QC – Quai Des Brumes w/ KT Laine
October 11 – Hamilton, ON – Collective Arts Brewing
October 12 – Toronto, ON – The Baby G

Pre-order We Were Born Here What’s Your Excuse HERE