New Hampshire native Jon Nolan and his band of hometown friends Good Co. just released “Sea Glass” from their album ‘Slow Cooker’ out now via Strolling Bones Records, and the gorgeous heartfelt music video stars two of Portland’s most respected musical figures, Jon Roods from Rustic Overtones and Paranoid Social Club plus Anna Lombard from Gypsy Tailwind and Love by Numbers.
Co directed by Nolan and cinematographer Jay Boyington, the video follows a fictional romance between a lobsterman and his mysterious new neighbor that starts as a lighthearted montage of new love before evolving into something more emotional, mirroring the song’s metaphor of sea glass: once whole, then broken, reshaped by time and turmoil, ultimately rediscovered with even more beauty. Nolan explains that sea glass is a lovely metaphor for life and relationships, noting that not everything beautiful is built in comfort and trust is so often built in repair, with things getting broken and tossed around by the world yet still coming back more interesting, more textured, more valuable.
The album came together during monthly Slow Cooker Sessions at The Stone Church Music Club in Newmarket where friends would come and go, hangout, sit in a circle and play live, with Jon Nolan & Good Co. featuring Geoff Taylor on bass, Rick Habib on drums and Zack Tremblay on guitar cutting the record over four sessions after initially getting kicked out of a friend’s barn attic for being too loud.