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CALIFORNIAN SONGWRITER NOW LIVING IN PARIS SINGS TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER BY
ADOPTION. - DYLAN COX: FLYING MARTHA


Offers an homage to the rich fabric of human connection and the inexplicable
cost of separation and solitude.
CHILLFILTR - Jan 9, 2022

Dylan Cox, 24, is a singer and songwriter originally from southern California
who now lives in Paris, France. "Flying Martha" was written for Marsha, the
woman who became his legal guardian and adopted him at the age of 16. This
tender indie folk song is featured on his impressive debut EP "A Place to Meet,"
coproduced by Abe Rounds (drummer for Meshell Ndegeocello and Andrew Bird, among
many others) and singer-songwriter Sarah Walk.

Growing up in the seaside town of San Clemente, Dylan Cox was immersed in the
sun-soaked and hypnotic world of Californian surf culture. With his eye on a
career in surfing Dylan competed often, winning sponsors and a national title.
But problems at home eventually led to Dylan pulling away from surfing and at
16, he bought an old Toyota pickup truck, determined to live in the back of it
and build his way towards a new life. As he continued to work and go to high
school he was offered a place to stay by his coworker and her mom, who soon
became family to him. Living in a small apartment together, he began to play
guitar and sing duets with his newfound sister, who happened to be a trained
singer. She passed on a myriad of songs and singing techniques to Dylan, while
he further developed his voice and songwriting ability at local open mics. At 18
he earned a scholarship to attend UC Berkeley and for four years he immersed
himself deeply in the study of literature and philosophy, earning two degrees
and graduating with honors as a prize-winning young poet.

In 2019 Dylan departed for France, joining two friends who had recently bought
an abandoned villa in the south-western Basque region with plans to create an
experimental and cinematic bed and breakfast—which soon became the
internationally renowned La Villa Magnan. "Flying Martha" features Dylan in his
lyrical and emotional comfort zone, as he searches for a musical language that
can bridge impossible distances of love and loss. The 6th of 7 songs on his
debut EP, this poignant ballad offers an homage to the rich fabric of human
connection and the psychological cost of separation and solitude. With a unique
vocal signature that will speak to fans of Big Thief and Rufus Wainwright, Dylan
Cox leverages his natural talents as wordsmith against the intimate core of his
poet's heart and delivers a fitting tribute to the most amazing woman in his
life.


> Martha answers the phone
> From the desert-like place that we used to call home
> She listens to my diamond-edged yearning
> My lonely learning, my lungs are burning
> She responds as if nothing at all is as perfect as this call
> There we defy the famished lie that distance is what it means to be alone
> And the grainy ghost puts her feet down and refuses to fly
> I don't like these times



> I wrote this song to Marsha, the woman who became my legal guardian and
> adopted me at the age of 16. I wrote it during the beginning of the pandemic,
> far away from her in France. Despite having stage 4 lung cancer she worked
> throughout the crisis at her family-owned medical clinic, providing cheap
> health care to the mostly latino and undocumented community around Santa Ana
> in California. — Dylan Cox

Visit Dylan Cox on Instagram.

Photo Credit: Drew Martin.


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