Singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Cramer, a.k.a. Old Sea Brigade, never imagined he would be living in Sweden, almost 5,000 miles away from Nashville, as a husband and father. His 2024 EP, If Only I Knew (Part 1), shares the story of this unpredictable journey. Teaming up with his closest creative confidants, co-producers Jeremy Griffith and Owen Lewis, they recorded the project over three weeks in his newfound home in Sweden. “They challenge me in all of the right ways,” Ben says. “We talked a lot about the differences of working in Sweden versus Nashville. The Swedes have a saying, ‘Don’t be too happy or too sad. Keep everything down the middle’—which is what we tried to do.” Cramer first introduced Old Sea Brigade with his debut eponymous EP, followed by 2019’s debut album, Ode To A Friend. He has toured with artists like Passenger, Wild Rivers, and Luke Sital-Singh, and developed an undeniable chemistry with Luke that carried over to the studio on their All the Ways You Sing in the Dark EP. 2021’s Motivational Speaking was called “some of the best quarantine art” by Consequence and “sharply written and infectiously propulsive” by Uncut. Cramer built on these successes with his latest album, 5am Paradise, where he reveled in new sounds and ideas, all the while exploring the textures and intricacies of everyday life. He has since received praise from the likes of WNYC Soundcheck, Under The Radar, No Depression, and more, and made his national TV debut on CBS Mornings "Saturday Sessions."