Grayscale information us monitor by monitor by means of the creation of their fourth studio album ‘The Hart’, out now by way of Infield Data.
The Hart
“We have now by no means performed an “intro” monitor on an album earlier than. For this document, we actually needed the sensation of the room we recorded it in and the emotions of some parts just like the robust arraignments and dry piano sounds we selected to set the temper earlier than “Saved Me Alive” got here ripping in.”
Saved Me Alive
“We knew “Saved Me Alive” was going to be the beginning of the album. KMA is about somebody who stood by me throughout my darkest instances. They helped me navigate previous trauma, ache, and the overwhelming emotional weight that made me wish to quit. I wrote this tune as a approach to categorical my gratitude for his or her love and selflessness. I hope that when folks hear it, they consider that particular person of their life who has been there for them. All of us deserve somebody who helps us face our previous trauma and work by means of the ache life inflicts, even when it appears like there’s no mild on the finish of the tunnel. This tune is a thanks to those that present up with love after we want it most.”
By The Landslide
“By The Landslide is a tune that touches on the vulnerability that’s discovered all through the document. The tune is an anthem pleading to someone you want; someone your soul wants. Narrating the thought course of by means of inner psychological wrestle/psychological gymnastics within the verses and pre choruses, the refrain has a declaration of vulnerability: “Maintain me by means of the landslide” as in, maintain me by means of this psychological landslide, maintain me by means of this sense of falling aside, then “Love me after I’m misplaced in worry, when my head is in a road struggle, you’re taking my ache and make it disappear.” It’s a cry to that one one that is aware of you so deeply, you are feeling you’ll be able to let go of all of the callous and heartache and survival and self preservation and simply inform them you want them. This was one of many core songs that I felt mirrored the emotions of all the album; addressing and navigating a darkish time whilst you’re in it.”
Speaking In My Sleep
“This tune is about totally different life experiences and tragedies that had put me in a relentless state of ache and psychological exhaustion. As soon as I skilled these occasions, I gained utterly new views on life (some good and a few unhealthy). This tune is about residing with these new views. After gaining them, the remainder of the world oftentimes felt/seemed utterly totally different, and ultimately felt unrelatable to me. Feeling unrelatable on a regular basis to everybody and the whole lot ultimately led to feeling very remoted and in some methods led to shedding all sense of what was helpful in life. I used to be coping with the whole lot completely alone and didn’t wish to ask for assist or discuss to anybody to get by means of it. As a result of the whole lot in life at the moment felt so unrelatable, I didn’t suppose I may discover assist in any respect even when I needed to. It was maddening.”
Let Go
“The monitor is concerning the day you lastly really feel freed of that particular person or scenario that’s draining you. It’s a celebration of the arrival of the therapeutic course of. Oftentimes the drain on you ultimately begins to deteriorate your peace and make the world really feel darker than it really is. It’s kind of a ‘fuck you’ tune whereas additionally recognizing private and religious development.”
Summer season Garments
I”f you reside within the Northeast, or anyplace with chilly seasons, you realize that there comes a time yearly the place you swap winter garments into storage and get away your summer time garments for the 12 months. This annual ceremony is all the time related to good emotions, tales, nostalgia, and happiness. We wrote a tune about that feeling.”
Magic
“This one is concerning the simple, intangible feeling you’ve with somebody or one thing; when it’s particular you realize. We had been listening to alot of The Remedy after we wrote this. It’s the quickest tune on the document.”
Dance With Your Ghost
“Dance With Your Ghost is about being haunted by someone after they’re not in your life. Not with the ability to escape them, seeing them in different folks, within the belongings you do all through the day and so forth. Once you’re alone along with your ideas, that particular person all the time appears to hang-out the corners of your thoughts.”
Don’t Go away Me In The Darkish
“This tune is about my witness to my mom’s ongoing battle with medicine/alcohol. Being the particular person she turns to and leans on probably the most, leaving her alone with herself oftentimes appears like leaving a bit child someplace you realize they’re afraid of, like “the darkish.” I kind of drew a parallel from what “the darkish” means to a toddler and what being in a “darkish place” means if you’re an grownup. Making an attempt to constantly keep robust along with her by means of it’s exhausting and makes me hate what drug corporations do, preying on folks with dependancy points. This tune captures the hopelessness of wanting to assist however understanding the sport is rigged.”
Portray Over You
“This can be a breakup tune. I went to color my mother’s home one summer time after a breakup. I needed to do one thing bodily and never take into consideration something for some time. As I painted the partitions, the idea of this tune, of “portray over one thing, however the coat all the time present beneath” clicked in my head. I ended up doing one coat of base paint and left the room after 2 days of portray, wrote this tune, and by no means completed (sorry mother lol).”
Mum II
“My mother and I’ve had a difficult relationship for a very long time for a lot of causes. We didn’t converse for about 5 years at one level in my late teenagers/early twenties. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve felt my youthful anger in the direction of her flip into a mix of forgiveness, understanding, love, and protectiveness. This tune is a comply with as much as ‘Mum,’ a monitor on one in every of our earlier data the place the lyrics are about my ache and frustration along with her. Most of the lyrics in “Mum II” name again to particular particulars/imagery of the earlier tune’s story in addition to different Grayscale songs that contain her. I discovered myself not eager to play ‘Mum’ dwell anymore, I feel out of an emotional protectiveness and empathy in the direction of what she has been by means of, her struggles, and her issues. As this sense grew, I ultimately needed to switch the tune with one which displays how I really feel now and the way our relationship has grown.”
Not Afraid to Die
“Not Afraid To Die encapsulates a variety of the unapologetic and immovable nature of Philadelphia households in its lyrics. It’s a tune about mine and my band mates’ upbringing within the northeast. It’s kind of a celebration of our ruggedness and ridiculousness. The lyrics of “Not Afraid To Die” contact on the juxtaposing emotions you expertise whereas rising up – by no means getting over a worry of heights, however having the painful elements of life break your coronary heart sufficient to numb your worry of dying. I needed to seize the romance of that in a kind of tongue-in-cheek vogue (the one manner folks from the northeast may ever speak about something romantically). We have now been writing probably the most genuine music to us, from a storytelling and sonic perspective. We needed this tune to sound like a band enjoying collectively in a room. We’ve all the time been a rock band at our core and we needed to seize the purest type of that.”
