about.

So Blue is a progressive folk duo that blends sensitive instrumentals with evocative lyricism. With earthy vocals, dynamic guitar, and rich string bass, the group creates timeless songs that speak to our shared humanity – the good and the bad. The band, consisting of Devon Gardner on vocals/guitar and Adam Gurczak on double bass, released its debut EP, In Water and Waves, in April 2024. A five-track melancholic folk EP, In Water and Waves, features five original songs, telling stories about love, loss, and (as many can relate to) bad roommates. Ambient bowed string bass paired with poignant guitar serve as the bedrock on the album, over which lyrics tell personal and intimate stories. Inspired by the likes of Watchhouse, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Courtney Marie Andrews, their music harkens to the nature-inspired roots of Americana blended with classical and contemporary songs, sounds, and stories. 

Originally having met in the sun-soaked Arizona desert, bandleaders Devon Gardner and Adam Gurczak now call the bustling streets of Boston home. Whether playing as a duo or in compliments of three or four with other artists, So Blue offers songs of solace, inviting you to find beauty in the wilds.

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our songs

Stream So Blue

Left Too Deep

April 2024

  • Telling you I've seen it too much

    I teach you, but I learn to brush it off

    When times get hard

    I find it hard to understand

    You got it from the palm of my hand

    Yet I starve

    I took some time to find myself

    Found some peace in learning I don't owe you

    A goddamn thing

    You tried to please everyone

    Now you blame me for this fucking rut

    That we’re digging on

    Cause I’m workin’ to finally get some peace of mind

    But lately your shovel drives these hands of mine

    Out in the sun, I’ll shovel ‘til I weep

    But my hands they can't fill the hole you left too deep

    Packing all my things away

    I hope that you find the taste that you crave

    But you won't

    Cause your mother throws your things away

    Competence won't be what you gain

    ‘til you starve

    Cause I’m workin’ to finally get some peace of mind

    But lately your shovel drives these hands of mine

    Out in the sun, I’ll shovel ‘til I weep

    But my hands they can't fill the hole you left too deep

    We both had nothing

    We both had nothing

    We both had nothing

    We both had nothing

    You’ll get nothing

    You’ll get nothing

    You’ll get nothing

    But I'll still have something

    Cause I’m workin’ to finally get some peace of mind

    But lately your shovel drives these hands of mine

    Out in the sun, I’ll shovel ‘til I weep

    But my hands they can’t fill the hole you left too deep

Milwaukee

April 2024

  • I'm a little unsure

    When I open the door

    If I'll find it again

    With the fallen leaves

    And every meal alone,

    Is there a place to call my own?

    I don't know

    Where to go

    Many things have changed

    Some for better for worse

    Some I’m glad I’ve left behind

    But on a dreadful day,

    I question my ways

    To feel alright again

    I don't know

    Where to go

    I don't know

    Where to go

    Is what I left behind waiting for me

    (I don't know)

    Or just waiting for me to leave?

    (Where to go)

    Is what I left behind waiting for me

    (I don't know)

    Or just waiting for me to leave?

    (Where to go)

    Is what I left behind waiting for me

    Or just waiting for me to leave?

Puzzle Pieces

April 2024

  • I have a confession, my love

    I should've told you as soon as I knew

    That I am sick, my love, and I lost a few

    Puzzle pieces, if I could find them I would

    It's not that they don't fit right

    Or I don’t think on memories at all

    But I am lost, my love, and I'm not moving on

    I lost the pieces, and I'm afraid that they’re gone

    You say that you've known for a while,

    And I've said all this before

    You pick up every piece I lose along the way

    I owe you the world and that goes without say

    Now and then they come ‘round again

    And make damn sure I know they can't stay

    Now and then you come ‘round again

    And put the pieces back where they came

    But piece by piece they fall away

    They fall away

    I fall away

    Now and then,

    They come ‘round again

    Now and then,

    They come ‘round again

    Now and then,

    They come ‘round again

    I have a confession (Now and then)

    I have a confession (‘Round again)

    I have a confession, my love

    I should've told you as soon as I knew

    That I am sick, my love, and I lost a few

    Puzzle pieces, if I could find them I would

So Blue

April 2024

  • I’m a rock my dear

    I'm waiting off the coast

    And around the sun I go

    ‘Til night turns to day

    I'm waiting out the tide

    To call the shoreline mine

    But I'm drowning

    In water and waves

    But I'll never swim

    On the ocean with you

    I'm stuck on the bottom

    Of the ocean so blue

    What's a rock my dear?

    And what am I to you?

    If only I knew

    How far I would go

    I’m a rock my dear

    That dark water forebodes

    And through time I'll erode

    And fade

    But I'll never swim

    On an ocean with you

    I'm stuck on the bottom

    Of the ocean so blue

    But I'll never swim

    On an ocean with you

    I'm stuck on the bottom

    Of the ocean so blue

    Of the ocean so blue

    Of the ocean so blue

Forever On My Brain

March 2024

  • I want to go up to the sky and become a cloud

    and travel for miles to the place where I was born

    When I get there, I'll fall like the rain

    and she'll stay forever on my brain

    I want to see the sun shine on down

    in a land where peace prospers town to town

    I'll hear the burdens that they carry

    and they'll stay forever on my brain

    As a cloud, I'll see the oceans wide

    But still turn to my home that war washed with time

    All the children and the workers will dance with open arms

    to the rhythm of my body falling down

    Let me fall like the rain

    Let me fall like the rain

    Let me fall like the rain

    Please let me fall like the rain

    I want to go up to the sky and become a cloud

    and travel for miles to the place where I was born

    When I get there, I'll fall like the rain

    and she'll stay forever on my brain

    They’ll stay forever on my brain

    Please stay forever on my brain

Grow Away

February 2023

  • Plant your seeds for evergreens

    in that long tall grass

    Where the birds, they chirp and roam

    Your green thumb works on anyone

    except the ones who don't

    grow your way

    You try to grow every seed that you find

    Sometimes your seeds all wilt out and die

    Plant me right here where your green bushes lie

    I’ll grow your way

    The dirt and the grime

    Wash and decline

    As the rain washed my leaves

    But slowly and surely, the sun’s gone on down

    and you leave me out here to dry

    You try to grow every seed that you find

    Sometimes your seeds all wilt out and die

    You planted me here where I soon would try

    to grow away

    All my words have left this tiny old stem that’s dry

    As I sing to the ground I realize my time is now

    My seeds will go with the wind who howls at night

    ‘cause I'll never rue the days that I did grow

    You try to grow every seed that you find

    Each time your seeds all wilt out and die

    You planted me here where I soon would dry

    and blow away

the band

Devon Gardner

Adam Gurczak