Oh Mojave

Album: Sea Lion (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • Ruby Sun leader Ryan McPhun told Mojomagazine May 2008 that this alfresco strum "was inspired by camping with my mother and sister in the Mojave desert - the noises at the end are us sitting around this campfire we made, clanking together the pots and pans we'd cooked dinner with."

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