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mozworth Bridges Worlds with New Summer Single "Sandpiper"

A guitar-driven, ocean-soaked anthem inspired by myth, nature, and the quiet messengers all around us

AUSTIN, TX – August 21, 2025 — South Austin songwriter mozworth releases Sandpiper, a sweeping new single shaped by the rhythms of the Gulf Coast, the weight of mythology, and the search for answers in uncertain times. It follows this spring's The Sky Is Falling and acts as its emotional companion — where one named the fracture, the other seeks the bridge.

The song took shape during a family trip to Surfside Beach, Texas — days filled with skimboarding, saltwater, and long walks along the shore. It was there that the sandpiper first caught mozworth's attention. "When you're walking along the coastline, you have the ocean to one side and land to the other. Ahead of you is that narrow strip of wet sand. That's where you find the sandpiper," he says.

Drawn deeper, he found the sandpiper in Native American, Celtic, and Japanese myths — as a navigator, a survivor, a lost soul, and a messenger between worlds. "The idea of the messenger grabbed me the most", says mozworth. "I started to see the sandpiper as inspiration. If this bird can merge two wildly different words, perhaps so can we. I love the idea that the answer is hidden in plain sight in the form of this humble creature."

The recording process was loose and instinctual. "I had a lot of lyrical ideas, but no sound yet," he says. Starting with a one-mic drum improv and a bassline, he followed what felt good. Listening back, what is now the driving bassline of the song was found. A guitar melody soon took shape using his daughter's Harley Benton JA-60, now a fixture of the song's identity. "That guitar — it just sang. The leads started sounding like birds to me."

The band brought the track to life. Longtime collaborator Ken Mockler locked in the drum parts before relocating to Denver, making this one of his last recordings with the group. "Ken loved the chorus — we really wrestled with the verses to make sure that left room for the chorus to break through" says mozworth. Guitarist Mark Heaps added shimmering textures and dynamic contrast, while bassist Jack Schultz nailed a tone the whole group instantly fell in love with.

The final mix, crafted by Steve Glaze at Tone Freq Studios, opens with the nostalgic click of a guitar cable — a subtle link to the lo-fi textures of '90s alt-rock. If you play The Sky Is Falling first, it fades out like a radio switching off. Sandpiper clicks right back on — not planned, but somehow perfect.

The single was recorded at mozworth's home studio in South Austin, drums at Ken's place just across town. "We wanted to capture who we are right now — together, in this moment," he says.

With Ken's move, drummer Mike Hall steps in for the Sandpiper single release. Introduced by Ken and already a kindred spirit, Mike brings a new heartbeat to mozworth's evolving sound — raw, melodic, and rooted in the human experience.

Sandpiper drops September 15, 2025

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