Our Sky's Falling (Album)

by Peeling Grey

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This is Peeling Grey's sophomore full length release.

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Our vinyl counterpart to "OSF" features a track unavailable on the CD, plus concludes as originally intended with the title track.

Side 1
1. Flowers for the Dead (Parts I & II)
2. Life of Sin
3. Under Darker Skies
4. Wednesday Is Wrong*

Side 2
1. Let's Take a Train
2. Wake Up
3. The Siren's Call
4. Our Sky's Falling

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1.	Flowers for the Dead, Parts I & II 06:28	lyrics	buy track
The sun's coal kiss has entered ground and offered its smile to those that have fallen By the road I watch the summer's end on the way back home Many reside in the arms of valleys Decorated fields between the cities Crosses baring unknown names that they still carry The prairie landscape among the fallen We drive there grasping for a reason In a world reluctant to cure or share that why or how We've come this far among the dead Unnatural speed but perfect sound I see the summer end on a year of hanging on to closing down Destitute flowers among the dead They have risen from the land to the sky This summer is a black dress Smothered dry among the dead
2.	Life of Sin 05:26	lyrics	buy track
I'm fighting for my life right now Not the right, but the will and how Where did I let it all go? and what have I now become? I'm deranged to those I meet Criminal notions on Sunday's street I thought I knew what love was about But I drown tomorrow in doubt Got to find a reason It's the will to live and love Got to find the passion It's the will to live and love In the mirror I found a stranger The focal point of this danger All I want is to scream and shout But I drink my sorrows and doubt I don't know where I have been I have led a life of sin I don't know where I have been All my friends are next of kin I have led a life of sin All my friends are next of kin Got to find a reason It's the will to live and love Got to find the passion It's the will to live and love I don't know where I have been I have led a life of sin I don't know where I have been I have led a life of sin I have led a life of sin I have led a life of sin
3.	Under Darker Skies 04:17	lyrics	buy track
I want hail and winter with you I want thunder and sleet to reign I want the shock of flood to flow I want sweet white snow to burn Wilted and stained drenched we'll fly Someday I know it will rain with you I want the cover of fog to hide I want the loom of thunder to shout I want the streets so slick to run I want the desert so dark to cool Wilted stained drenched we'll fly Someday I know it will rain with you Someday under darker skies Someday I know it will rain with you I want the dawn to slow Never wake I want this dream tonight Never age I want the oceans to crash Not afraid I want you tonight I want it all I want to share the rain I want to share the rain I want to share the rain with you Someday under darker skies Someday I know it will rain with you
4.	Stars Break Away 03:40	lyrics	buy track
I had to break away Get away from L.A. I took a rocket to the moon But I'd be coming down soon I did too many drugs I took those pills with her Mixing wine with our blood A bittersweet trip of love There was darkness in the sun A twilight dream for anyone They thought I was MIA They even called the CIA They informed the FBI My name slung in the mud But now I'm back again My tail between my legs I used all of my lives My heart cut with her knife There was darkness in the sun A twilight dream for anyone We slept on a star with no name Embraced intoxicated in rain Her hand had to guide me through The mystery of this new moon And when the rain fell hard deep inside Our kiss cindered down to the ground There was darkness in the sun A twilight dream for anyone We slept on a star with no name Embraced intoxicated in the rain
5.	Let's Take a Train 03:20	lyrics	buy track
What I like about you is you make me crazy but you make me so sad You're the sweetest thing to me But this makes me so mad What I think we should do Is not get so angry You know what I mean You say you wanna leave the clubs behind Well darling come closer We can leave them all tonight Let's take a train down the tracks We can leave my car behind Drive back in the morning Early dawning For another point of view Let's take a train down a path We can leave them all behind Darling come closer Well darling come closer Darling come closer We can change our point of view Let's take a train
6.	Wake Up 04:18	lyrics	buy track
I looked at you the highest sweet The clouds are grey and the world around just blurs and fades We stand in ruins Our lives have changed They fall apart but we live to die for another day Uncertain you humor me I clutch onto a memory I hold you the emeralds I seek They send me trembling I cannot speak I'm asking you to wake up I'm hoping you will just wake up Wake up and sing to me Like you use to do Wake up oh can't you see That my intentions are true Earnestly I hold out hope Could this be the last time? There's a key we like to pass It opens doors I'm longing for you to end this mystery I'm waiting for you to wake up I'm hoping you will just wake up Wake up and sing to me Like you use to do Wake up oh can't you see That this promise is true Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up and sing to me Like you use to do Wake up oh can't you see That my promise is true Wake up Wake up Wake up Just wake up Wake up
7.	The Siren's Call 06:37	lyrics	buy track
A siren disguised as song approached with a warning Yesterday's odyssey Drown gone away The secret kept away from her trickling slowly down my mask and trailing off Smeared in a strange place We walked an aberrant path Vile but once sweet In its core a boy and girl Lost trapped in time Our lives purged from her And the shock of flood and regret Unformed and now dead Seeds ending in our blood And the siren disguised as song Seduction her harbor's throne No siren's song nor tale would proclaim the flood She came to me in the rain Took me back in closer To her song To the sound Take heed of the siren's call Take heed of the siren's call Take heed of the siren's call I knew it would all end Take heed of the siren's call Take heed of the siren's call Take heed of the siren's call
8.	Our Sky's Falling 06:31	lyrics	buy track
I would give you the world Put it in your hands But what's the point in giving something you reject Still I could If you perceive that this world still offers something new I could give you tomorrow Trust in your forgotten dreams But what's the use in handing something you neglect Still I would If I could see shine the sun that set in your clouded skies Our sky's falling Our dreams are dying They're starting to fade into memory Our sky's falling Our dreams are dying Our sky is falling I should give you the truth Write it down for your eyes But what's the use of words that say goodbye Still I might If we should perish in self doubt and fear like they do Our sky's falling Our dreams are dying They're starting to fade into yesterday lingering hopes distant ties Our sky is falling Our dreams are dying Our sky is falling Even if you're still frozen Even if we're still broken What I would give to see those dreams again believe in them to start again Our sky's falling Our dreams are dying They're starting to fade into yesterday Our sky's falling Our dreams are dying What I would give for a cure to stop the end Our sky is falling
9.	The Circle is Complete 06:30	lyrics	buy track
All loss has come to pass Friends, gems, and all dealings The hings that seem to crumple Brings about new meaning Our hands again now open Breaks the spell at the seams After the quake has rumbled Our fragile hearts and lives Run the rim of volcanoes The ashes will settle Those departed Make their way for the next circle The circle is complete The circle is complete No more do we tremble Our flailings now tempered The circle is complete The circle is complete The circle is now complete The circle is now complete And the circle has traveled We are finally clean Makes way for a third Always in waves of three The circle is complete We are finally free

about

1. Flowers for the Dead, Parts I & II
2. Life of Sin
3. Under Darker Skies
4. Stars Break Away
5. Let's Take a Train
6. Wake Up
7. The Siren's Call
8. Our Sky's Falling
9. The Circle Is Complete

"Peeling Grey are a tricky bunch to cover because of their versatility; there’s no discernable pattern to latch on to in their work and before anyone gets uppity, they could care less about who people say they sound like. This is a band who don’t hide their influences, opting instead to utilize them as accents rather than templates. Form your own opinions based on hearing them and for god’s sake don’t look for a formula. By this I mean that they write their songs for themselves and no one else, there’s no pandering to the kiddies in an attempt to suit their tastes and there are most definitely NOT the homages which my generation have unfortunately started looking for. Life is just fine now, everyone, put the Sisters vinyl down and move away from the Aqua-Net.

They are a relentlessly perfectionist outfit, our four lads. ‘Our Sky’s Falling’ is the result of four years effort and these ten pieces certainly are testament to how much midnight oil was burnt in their pursuance. Each note, each word and every element of design has been feverishly slaved over to produce maximum results; others may play the influence shell game so go read them if that’s your thing. Don’t look for it here.

Bands from LA tend to have the hell scrutinized out of them but no matter how hard you try to put them under that microscope, Peeling Grey will elude you. They are surprisingly upbeat in their mood, prefering the solace of introspection to the sort of nihilistic worldview people would expect from such a place. There’s no hard, embittered edge in their work. To be sure, you’ll unearth plenty of pathos and the moody undercurrent running through the last three entries is wonderful indeed. Disguised beneath layers of melancholy synths, brooding vocals, flanged guitar arrangements and spectacular examples of rhythm it lies in wait. As a point of fact, their drummer and bassist are remarkably tasteful by virtue of their restraint.

Now that I think it over, everyone on here is… it runs grey, so gorgeously grey. They peel back each layer with an expert finesse, allowing us to drown in the myriad facets contained therein.

There is humor to be found in their music, the vinyl version includes a tune called “Wednesday is Wrong” which contains a riotous lyrical narrative about a night out which concludes on the floor listening to snippets of conversations with a vicious hangover no doubt to follow later on. Never take their song titles at face value, either: “Wake Up” could be a romantic excursion but it plays out to me like a love/hate letter to the city they’re from… a final admonition for people there to get a clue and move out of the past, god knows there are already enough skeletons in the place but that time and era are over.

By the time I’d gotten to the third cut, “Under Darker Skies” I’d been won over and once “Stars Break Away” began I was well and truly a fan. Peeling Grey understand what songwriting is and even more impressively they are masters of getting their track order correct. With most acts, the first two or three are supposed to bowl you over so you don’t notice the filler in the middle or the “experimental” wankery at the end. ‘Our Sky’s Falling’ is a slow burner which builds dynamics and tension as it goes along; the emotional pull of what they’re writing about is ratcheted up the deeper you go. There are no cast-offs or cutting room floor leavings here, these are well thought out compositions written by a band whose musicianship reveals more complexity each and every time you listen."

~Peter Marks,
santasangremagazine.wordpress.com

credits

released June 25, 2015

Andy Smith - Vocals / Guitar
Naren Renz - Keyboards
Dave Skott - Bass
Brad Hartman - Drums

Produced by James Hazley & Rocker Meadows for SKU Entertainment
Mastered by Tom Rogers at Atomix Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Recorded at Surplus Studios, Van Nuys, CA

PG-CD S130-005

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Peeling Grey Los Angeles, California

Peeling Grey was formed in 2008. Demos of their early songs began to circulate in 2009 and 2010 in the USA and Europe. 2011 saw the release of their debut album "The World's Not Sorry", hailed by famous writer Mick Mercer as "a slinky Post-Punk joy". "Broken Glass" debuted in 2012 and a single and video for "Rumors" was released in late 2013. 2015 brings "Our Sky's Falling". ... more

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