VANCOUVER · INDIE POPLOVE, BOYS & THE ABYSSUNSEEN SEA
Two figures in blue and red, wearing reflective masks, embracing in a dim bedroom

damian michaels

the boy behind the ocean

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A LINE FROM THE DEEP
“All the angels in my bed can't fill that ocean gap.”

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Faceless figure surrounded by glowing coral and blue spiky sea creatures against a deep navy background
love_em_brainless

the joke
has teeth.

Catboys, jellyfish, beautiful boys and some very questionable marine biology. It starts as a joke. Somewhere along the way, the joke starts looking back.

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FROM THE D33P Q&A

some answers
leave a mark.

A few things said about a song that couldn't stop saying the same thing.

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WHY IS THE CHORUS SO SAD?

“Because sex is doing a lot of unsuccessful grief management in this song.”

— damian michaels / Genius Q&A
WHY IS “YOU WERE MINE FOR A SECOND” SO SIMPLE?

“You can build an entire cathedral around a loss and still end up standing in the middle of it saying, ‘I had you for a second.’”

— damian michaels / Genius Q&A
about damian

about
damian.

damian michaels writes songs about boys, devotion, bad gods and the strange things people do to feel loved. Sometimes the language is almost biblical. Sometimes it is embarrassingly stupid.

There is grief, but there is joy too. The ocean is not always somewhere to drown. Sometimes it is home.

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