Singer-songwriter Odd Marshall, based in Ellengowan, Ontario, is sharing a playful and upbeat pop rock number from his forthcoming debut record, Sand & Glue, a collection of songs both dark and bright. From start to finish, the album takes listeners around the world with a strong back beat and infectious hooks.
New single, “Santa Barbara,” was inspired by a flirtatious encounter with a woman from Norway who Odd Marshall met on the dancefloor in the Californian city. It’s a bit of a disco-ish song that makes Marshall want to bop along to it. Him and his collaborators, producer Don Kerr, Mike O’Brien on lead guitar, and Jason Haberman on bass, were going for a 60s pop feel with a bit of tambourine.
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“We took a cab to an after party and in the cab Pink Floyd’s ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’ was playing… So I borrowed that phrase in reference to the diamond she was wearing that her rock star boyfriend gave her. I had never heard of him or his band, so I put that in the song.”
Odd Marshall wanted to poke fun at the encounter, with vocal harmonies that make him “seem a little more pathetic, romantically.”