The Secret Beach is a collaborative musical project fronted by songwriter and producer Micah Erenberg. Micah has written, produced, and/or engineered for artists such as Kacy & Clayton, Lee Ranaldo & Zoon, Fontine, and Marlon Williams. He has worked with producer-engineers such as Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Dr. Dog), Rob Fraboni (Bob Dylan, The Band, Rolling Stones), with whom he completed an extensive mentorship, and Sam Plecker (Father John Misty, Local Natives).
The project features a rotating cast of musicians, and in August 2024, it released a new album titled “We Were Born Here, What’s Your Excuse?” The album was crafted under the guidance of Rob Fraboni and is teeming with homegrown warmth. Its 16 tracks casually unfurl spools of intimate texture, hushed melodies, and a wholly inviting atmosphere that puts the listener virtually in the same room as these timeless numbers. The songs—many of them barely cracking the two-minute mark—fly effortlessly by.
“I can’t remember the last time an album grabbed me that hard that fast. Those first vocals are like a gut-punch of nostalgia. The warm woollen texture of the sounds, the snippets of stories and wry off-handed jokes, the genuine, pervasive joy of it all.” – Cups n Cakes