{"id":25356,"date":"2017-01-15T11:45:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=25356"},"modified":"2017-01-15T11:45:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:45:49","slug":"its-down-to-the-sea-for-christina-rubino-with-followup-to-godspeed-and-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/01\/its-down-to-the-sea-for-christina-rubino-with-followup-to-godspeed-and-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s &#8216;Down To The Sea&#8217; For Christina Rubino With Followup To &#8216;Godspeed And Guns&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/01\/its-down-to-the-sea-for-christina-rubino-with-followup-to-godspeed-and-guns\/christina_rubino\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Christina_Rubino.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Christina_Rubino\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Christina_Rubino.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25366\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Christina_Rubino.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/christina-rubino-godspeed-and-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Last month we featured Christina Rubino and her song, &#8216;Godspeed And Guns&#8217;<\/a>, the title track from her new album. It was a rocking song with a deeply personal message, and the video had a twist in the tail. Now she&#8217;s back with the\u00a0sombre, piano-led anthem, &#8216;Down To The Sea&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Down To The Sea&#8217; showcases Christina&#8217;s musical skills and her soulful and versatile voice, and the song makes us feel both sad and overwhelmed at the same time, with its lyrics depicting a person in deep distress:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Give me back my reason to sing<br \/>\nI have it all but I feel I\u2019ve lost everything<br \/>\ncold and sensitive, lifetime filled with longing<br \/>\nevery night cut open bleed the morning<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And God know nothing can remain the same<br \/>\nbecause the wind blows and it shatters all that remains<br \/>\nthen something wakes me up from a long, sad, depressing sleep<br \/>\nthen it breaks the locks before I can look for the keys&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video is beautifully shot, and once again is directed by Jerry Farley, who made his debut with the video for Christina&#8217;s previous song, &#8216;Godspeed And Guns&#8217;. The clip jumps between Christina playing piano, lit only by candles and a string of fairy lights in her hair &#8211; and the sands of Coney Island Beach, where she wakes up on New Year&#8217;s Day, having had a rough previous night. Hundreds\u00a0of people are gathered for the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarbearclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polar Bear Plunge<\/a> into the freezing ocean waters: Christina joins in and uses the experience as a catharsis. As she runs into the icy Atlantic she joins with others in shedding the past year and its difficulties and taking on the fresh new one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Christina Rubino from her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christinarmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/xtinarubino\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christinarubinomusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christinarubino.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">official homepage<\/a>. &#8216;Down To The Sea&#8217; is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/down-to-the-sea\/id1190757492?i=1190757742\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_87206\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bIxcrRZVPrU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Christina Rubino - Down To The Sea\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bIxcrRZVPrU\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month we featured Christina Rubino and her song, &#8216;Godspeed And Guns&#8217;, the title track from her new album. It was a rocking song with a deeply personal message, and the video had a twist in the tail. Now she&#8217;s back with the sombre, piano-led anthem, &#8216;Down To The Sea&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,640],"tags":[8349,8850,8849,8351,144,370,180,874,8851,81],"class_list":["post-25356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-christina-rubino","tag-coney-island","tag-down-to-the-sea","tag-godspeed-and-guns","tag-new-album","tag-new-single","tag-new-york","tag-piano","tag-polar-bear-plunge","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-6AY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24576,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/christina-rubino-godspeed-and-guns\/","url_meta":{"origin":25356,"position":0},"title":"Christina Rubino \u201cGodspeed and Guns\u201d","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"01\/12\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"New York City's Christina Rubino brings a new vibe to a classic style with her album, 'Godspeed and Guns'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Christina Rubino Photo Credit Michael Murphy Photography","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Christina-Rubino-Photo-Credit-Michael-Murphy-Photography.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Christina-Rubino-Photo-Credit-Michael-Murphy-Photography.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Christina-Rubino-Photo-Credit-Michael-Murphy-Photography.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Christina-Rubino-Photo-Credit-Michael-Murphy-Photography.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Christina-Rubino-Photo-Credit-Michael-Murphy-Photography.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":97678,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/10\/ryan-collins-godspeed-is-a-deeply-personal-track-that-sees-him-fighting-his-demons\/","url_meta":{"origin":25356,"position":1},"title":"Ryan Collins&#8217; &#8216;Godspeed&#8217; Is A Deeply Personal Track That Sees Him Fighting His Demons","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"01\/10\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New single, 'Godspeed' sees Ryan Collins staying connected and present, accountable to the life he is building for his family, his 10 year old son, and 14 year old daughter. 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