Brother Cephus’ 2017 album, Not That Important, was one the year’s best Bay area releases. In just six tracks, principal songwriters Seth and Gabe Davis patched together a modern snapshot of being young, confused and American.
In months after the album’s release, the band watched the Davis’ father, Kent, succumb to cancer. December 8 marked the one-year anniversary of Kent Davis’ death, and to mark the occasion, Brother Cephus released a new, meditative song, “One Cold Hospital Room,” which is painfully awash in the confusion that often accompanies the doldrums of life in world without your best friend.
“To a couple members of this band he was a father and to most he was some sort of friend,” the band wrote online. Proceeds from Bandcamp sales of the song will be donated to cancer research in honor of Kent, and the band has expressed gratitude to those who’ve already spent money to own a copy of the track.
“It really means a lot to us as we continue to process the loss of our father and friend,” they wrote. “Thank y'all for your time now go love on someone close.”
See lyrics and listen to the track below. Buy it on Bandcamp.
Can't believe it's been a year I know it sounds cliche.
Life it comes and goes in an instance.
Circumstance you'll never choose.
Can't believe you brought me in this world.
Can't believe I saw you out.
Me, my mom, brothers and sister in one cold hospital room,
one cold hospital room
This article appears in Dec 13-20, 2018.