Listen to the Cold Archives

ABOUT THE ALBUM:
The Ram’s new album, “I Am Nowhere, I Am Everywhere”, is a collection of singer-songwriter demo recordings recast to feature his live band at home in the Carlsbad, CA. Musings of surf and travel are mixed with recollections of family life on the East Coast, times spent in and around Pennsylvania, New York, and the tristate area. An American triptych.

I am nowhere, I am everywhere
I am free, I’m unbound
I am emotion, I am instinct
I am music, I am sound

Early last winter, “Listen to the Cold” and “Warmth of the Fire” were written on the family farm in Downingtown, Pennsylvania as a homage to his late father. “Everything” came out of nowhere after a morning surf session, as did “Perpetual Change”. Together, the songs represent a solid snapshot of the Ram, his band, and the Southern California lifestyle he sings about.

It’s a simple truth, from the seed to the root
The fruit of our toil, Springs forth from the soil
Sustenance again

1 · Listen to the Cold
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2 · The Moon’s Loving Light
ISRC QZHN52570340

3 · Love Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
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4 · Unbound
ISRC QZWFG2478193

5 · Flip Jam
ISRC QZHN52570342

6 · Everything
ISRC QZMEN2456415

7 · Perpetual Change
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8 · Join Along
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9 · Warmth of the Fire
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About the Ram:
Mark “The Ram” O’Donnell is an independent American composer, producer, filmmaker, multi-instrumental performer, designer, and visual artist based out of Carlsbad, California. He performs original, surf-inspired rock-and-roll music all over the West Coast.

For more information about the Ram and his music, go to www.TheRamMusic.com

COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE RAM, The Ram Music, OD Soul, IncThere’s no need to say anything about this song. It stands on its own two feet and speaks for itself. “Unbound” is the voice of all things uncontrollable, the forces of nature personified. Those same forces locked up inside the human spirit, embattled in a continuous fight for freedom.

I am nowhere, I am everywhere
I am free, I’m unbound
I am emotion, I am instinct
I am music, I am sound

Writing this song started during the pandemic. On happenstance, I came accross the video recording of me just ad-libbing with a guitar in hand. The lenses on my iPhone camera were cracked, as was the world around me. When I rewatched the recording, I had no doubt the song was complete, the rest of the lyrics were written as fast as I could write. Sometimes that’s how it works.

Album Metadata:
I Am Nowhere, I Am Everywhere
The Ram
UPC: 199080246245
IRSC: QZWFG2478193
Release date: April 18, 2025
ASCAP Singer Songwriter IPI Number: 375350750
ASCAP Publisher IPI Number: 375351159

ABOUT THE RAM:
Mark “The Ram” O’Donnell is an independent American composer, producer, filmmaker, multi-instrumental performer, designer, and visual artist based out of Carlsbad, California. He performs original, surf-inspired rock-and-roll music on the West Coast.

For more information about the Ram and his music, go to www.TheRamMusic.com

ARTIST PRESS KIT

Press: EPK ’24

MORE INFORMATION:

The Ram currently uses DistroKid to get everything out to the streaming platforms, Disco for all sync requests, Bands In Town to list live shows, and Substack for just about everything else.

Listen to the Cold: Release

March 15, 2025 by Mark ODonnell

Press Release

Carlsbad, Listen to the Cold, New Music, Rock, Southern California

CONTACT:

THE RAM

ASCAP SONGWRITER: 375350750

OD SOUL, INC

ASCAP PUBLISHER: 375351159

7040 AVENIDA ENCINAS STE 104-464

CARLSBAD, CA, 92011-4652 UNITED STATES

PHONE: 760-476-0170

EMAIL: RAM(AT)ODSOUL(DOT)COM

SUBJECT:

Listen to the Cold: Release | New Release

Official Release Date: April 4, 2025

THERAMMUSIC.com

HTTPS://WWW.THERAMMUSIC.COM

OTHER STREAMING PLATFORMS

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theram2/listen-to-the-cold

PRESS RELEASE:

The Ram’s new single “Listen to the Cold” is scheduled to be out on April 4, 2025 on all streaming platforms.

ABOUT THIS SONG:

There are wounds in life which are never meant to heal, eventually they evolve into the same scars we wear with pride and dignity. Watching our parents’ generation disappear back into the dust creates such wounds. The houses I was raised in hold the warmth of ancestry, the family farm in Downingtown, PA, my godfather’s house in Shushan, NY, there are countless dreams and memories. There’s a room in the old farmhouse with red velvet loveseats, where I write music. The same place where the Christmas tree stood, where we listened to music. I’ve looked out that window millions of times. I’ve listened to the floorboards and the ceiling creak in the middle of the night when my father was getting up for work, or his mother was getting up to start the day.

I wish more than anything, that my kids got to know their grandfather. It’s been close to 20 years that he’s been gone, but it still feels like yesterday that he was by my side. Whenever I swim through the waves to get out to the surf, whenever I walk the mountains to gather my thoughts, he surrounds me. His voice, loud and clear in guidance, his hand, steadfast to pick me back up when I fall. If this song is anything, it’s a prayer to him and a reminder to myself that I have huge shoes to fill.

Song Metadata

Listen to the Cold
The Ram
UPC: 199080246245
ISRC: QZHN52570339
Release date: April 18, 2025
ASCAP Work ID: T3242510818
ASCAP Singer Songwriter IPI Number: 375350750
ASCAP Publisher IPI Number: 375351159

LYRICS:
Baby Listen to the cold as it blows
Blowing through these window panes
Hand blown glass warp my vision
Looking though the wooden frame
Hear the floorboards speak in the morning
Footsteps ‘fore the break of day
Always caught him in those in between hours
Always coming home after working late

Beneath wooden beams my childhood dreams
All the good times coming back to me
Nothing like the sound of that Farmall C
When you’re sitting on top of that tractor seat
You can hear in the fields such a beautiful sound
Music to the hand that holds the plow
Dinner bell rings call me back to the house
Harvest evening when the sun go down

I used to look out in the evenings
Dream of rambling
Moving lights on the old highway
Thinking of the places that they were off to
On the wide open interstate
When I told him I was set on leaving
He said I know, I love you
God’s speed on your way
Now that he’s gone I come back home
to the memories of this old place

Related stories tied to the April 4, “Listen to the Cold” release:
Unbound: Official Music Video
Unbound: Studio Notes
Live Performance of Unbound, First Time We Played It at the Camp Store

For more information about the Ram and his music, go to www.TheRamMusic.com

ARTIST PRESS KIT

Press: EPK ’24

MORE INFORMATION:

The Ram currently uses DistroKid to get everything out to the streaming platforms, Disco for all sync requests, Bands In Town to list live shows, and Substack for just about everything else.