KIND OF OVERWHELMED, MURALS AND MOSAICS
Sheer admitted to being “kind of overwhelmed” with the assignment when the Eagles first contacted her. She wanted to create a memorable piece of music, something that could serve as a rallying cry between the hashmarks and outside them.
“I want people to be able to feel understood and comforted and motivated when they listen to it,” Sheer said. “I was overwhelmed with the assignment when I wrote it, but I found a bit of inspiration in that despair – to not feel defeated about what’s going on in your life.”
The Eagles are undefeated right now. Ditto for Sheer. Her debut album, The Blue Hour, was released to rave reviews back in June. One music critic told her it sounded “like Adele and The Weeknd had a baby.” And she is working on two music videos to accompany the album, with some new singles expected to drop soon.
It’s hard not to think back to the early days in Pittsburgh where a 15-year-old girl – the granddaughter of a trained opera singer – would sit down at her piano and test stuff out on her musical-inclined family. One day, Sheer performed a song for them in the living room and decided she was going to do this forever.
“I told them, ‘I wrote a song. Do you want to hear it?’ It was a heavy ballad, like heartache and stuff I had never gone through at the time,” Sheer said. “Everyone loved it and encouraged me. I knew right then and there that this is my life now. I’m doing this forever.”
After celebrating her 30th birthday on November 1, Sheer is excited to release a special-edition vinyl version of The Blue Hour available for pre-order, which includes a “track list that’s different from what’s streaming.” She also released an intoxicating Instagram version of “Dancing on My Own,” the unofficial anthem for the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies – and just continues to soak in all the good juju and quirky superstitions happening in her adopted city.
“I love the Batman thing,” Sheer said. “Just like the way that it seems the Eagles team is super close with each other. They are just on fire right now, as a team, so in sync with each other.”
Meanwhile, Urquhart is another Philly transplant embracing the camaraderie of the 2022 Eagles and the insane energy pulsing through the city’s veins right now. She grew up a football fan in Florida but never pledged allegiance to any team. That all changed in 2019 following her 890-mile move up the East Coast.
“Oh yeah, I am an Eagles fan. I was sold as soon as I moved here,” Urquhart said. “I was like, ‘Dang, this is really cool to see, and I want to be a part of it.’ Just seeing how diehard the fans are here.”
Urquhart has hands-on experience channeling the diehards. She created a Philly sports-themed Medusa Head mural near Temple University and plans to splash a colorful mural on an empty slate near Del Rossi’s Cheesesteaks in Northern Liberties. Then, to further prove her fandom, Urquhart proposed an idea: “I would love to do an Eagles mural.”
Maybe a Super Bowl-inspired one? Only time will tell.
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