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Departures

by Young Wolf

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1.
Navigator 06:03
Something different in the air tonight Something in the dark has come to light But the dream is fading I go out walking in the city lights The fog is lifting all around my eyes The world is changing And I’m on my own There are things I still don’t understand How can I live if I can’t reconcile these reservations? I make my way across this foreign land I can’t remember who I am or where I’m going Oh, I’m on my own And some things feel like they were meant to be It doesn’t mean that I’m not free I’m making choices But there are ghosts that follow me I can hear them when I’m lost at sea I’m hearing voices (Something’s leading me Something’s leading me on)
2.
The lights are going down on this town I’m looking for something that can’t be found I always knew we’d be back around All those years away, beckoned by a distant sound And I knew you once in another life Back before the war, when the air we breathed was made of light And we left ourselves behind We can’t look back, and now we’re running out of time But tonight, the wind is rising high The light is in our eyes We’re going somewhere, that’s for sure But why can’t we go back to when we were Two kids dreaming? It’s all so different somehow I want to know if you remember now The roar of the ancient sea The humming of the mystery The transcendental energy running through our blood We had some kind of understanding We lost it on the way And the lives that we were planning Didn’t turn out that way The voices in my head They never go away But I’m gonna find out someday Who we are
3.
Supermoon 05:55
Tonight, I close my heavy eyes What happened to the world we left behind? Walking down this empty path I get the feeling I’m going nowhere fast There’s sorrow in the distant sky Across the night, the echo carries the cry But when I look into the east This whole town becomes the altarpiece ‘Cause underneath the supermoon The stars are ringing out of tune I can hear them Underneath the supermoon Rising from the empty tomb And I’m drifting It’s all a dream, but I know that it’s real ‘Cause there’s too much in this world that I can feel I’ve felt the weight of passing years Haunted by the beauty and the tears But there’s something in the way we move Something here that we both have to choose And something hurts from long ago Do I have the strength to let it go?
4.
Old Flames 03:20
Driving by your parents’ house Put all the headlights down And I park my car on the other side of the road Old flames are burning low Summer nights at seventeen This town feels like a time machine When I’ve got nowhere to go Old flames are burning low Is it the way we fall that makes us who we are? I could drive all night I’d never get as far as where you are And I’m doing what I can to keep this heart From falling apart tonight It wasn’t like it was back then Close your eyes and count to ten And you’ll be there again And you’ll be more than just my friend Old flames are burning me alive They’re burning me alive Baby, have I gone too far? I could drive all night I could drive all night
5.
Living Water 04:57
Driving through the valley at night Baby, I’m coming down like rain Every time you leave this town It feels like I go missing somehow It never seems to change But the river keeps flowing on And I’m tired of being alone for so long I don’t want to break you down But I want to be found Rain down your love on me That living water, baby, sets me free You’re not the one I want Baby, you’re the one I need Give me that living water, baby, set me free Circling the parking lot You know, sometimes it takes all I got To get by on my own Been dreaming of you all night With feelings that I just can’t fight They won’t leave me alone But the world keeps moving on And it looks like you could use a ride back home It’s a treacherous road, baby Don’t go it alone And the river keeps flowing on
6.
What Remains 04:20
They’re tearing down the trailers The place we used to go school together And I wonder if we’ll make it to tomorrow ‘Cause things don’t last forever I’m working on a feeling Even though I’m underneath the weather Driving through my hometown Putting all the pieces back together What remains when the memory fades? We’re just drifting like ships in the night Can I change when I feel so strange And I know that I’m losing the light? That’s what remains tonight And we’ve come so far But it feels like we never moved at all It’s so hard to keep Sometimes I feel like I’m just gonna lose it all I’m lying here awake With the pictures of my ghosts up on the wall And I wonder if they listen I wonder if they hear me when I call Just leave me with this memory I was born to walk these empty streets at night Leave me with this distant dream I can find it whenever I close my eyes What remains when the daylight fades And we’re caught in the grasp of the night Can’t escape who we are And the things we leave behind That’s what remains tonight
7.
There were always signs You always left me a trail of crumbs to find And I found it every time We spend our whole lives Believing there was something on the other side That we were made for something more And now we’re in this war But if you leave a trace for me I’ll always find you In a memory or in a dream When I’m lost in time and space So, you leave a trace There’s a deeper view A dream I used to fall into Now I never dream at night And things I thought I knew They were all trains just passing through And I watch them vanish into the night Now I never dream at night But if I leave a trace for you Will you search for me too? If I leave a trace for you?
8.
Destination 06:08
Well, I’m standing by an old church sign And I’m waiting on a train And the future’s coming in like a tidal wave It’s the faith that keeps us going But I can’t help but feel so lost in the change It’s something I can’t explain And I try and I try to turn back time But it just keeps slipping away Another year goes by And we watch the world grow strange It’s the faith that keeps us going But I can’t help but think to ask how long How long ‘till we belong? Every night I find myself taking backroads in my mind ‘Cross the landscape of my heart All my life I’ve been asking these questions with answers I can’t find And it’s tearing me apart And they say, when we reach our destination We will find out who we are Understanding will be ours someday But I’m standing at the station With an anchor in my heart Whoa, I think I’m going under, babe Oh, why Why did you leave me out here on my own? Where do I go from here? Oh, why Why does it come and go so fast? Maybe we will find out at last When we reach our destination

about

“Departures” felt like a fitting title for a record that came to completion shortly after my graduation from college. I was at point in my life where I was undergoing some pretty immense changes, and the ground was shifting under my feet. New worlds were beginning to open up, times were changing, and I felt stranded in the midst of it all. This album, in some sense, is a way for me to process these changes, and a contemplation on change as a whole. It is a tribute to friends past and present, places near and far. It is these things that have changed me over time, in strange and beautiful ways.

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released December 16, 2023

Recorded at my home in Easton, MD, at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and at my good friend Dan Bosko’s apartment in Queens, NYC, between the years of 2020 and 2023

Produced by Caleb Lovell
Mixed by Caleb Lovell
Mastered by Brian Herman

Acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, keyboard, harmonica, mixed percussion, and vocals by Caleb Lovell
Upright bass and mixed percussion by Dan Bosko

“The humming of the mystery” line on “Kids Dreaming” taken from the last page of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

All songs written by Caleb Lovell

Cover art designed by Caleb Lovell

There are so many people to thank, without whom this record would not have come to be. First and foremost, thank you to my loving family – Dad, Mom, Nathan, Sam and Susie, as well as members of my extended family – whose endless support for all my creative endeavors has been instrumental my whole life. Thank you to friend Dan Bosko, for being one of the best friends I’ve ever had, and for contributing his immense musical talent and keen insight to this record, as well as donating his apartment space to the recording of percussion for the album for a weekend. Thank you to Brian Herman, another great friend, who not only mastered the album but has also been an incredible resource for musical professionalism and who gave acute feedback throughout the process of making the album. Lastly, thank you to my amazing friends Noah Lovold and Ben Puca-Mendez for their valuable insight and feedback when it came to production and musical choices on these songs. If there is anyone I’m missing who contributed to the making of this record in any way, know that you made a huge impact on something very special, and I love and appreciate you very much.

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Young Wolf Easton, Maryland

Young Wolf is the moniker for the eclectic and immersive music of Easton MD's Caleb Lovell. In his songs he strives to bridge the world of the indie singer-songwriter with expansive, atmospheric soundscapes. Inspired by love, nature, and a wide range of artistic influences, Young Wolf's music searches for truth and beauty in the deepest of places. ... more

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