Grey Daze proceed their mission to rejoice their late vocalist Chester Bennington, asserting the brand new album The Phoenix and incorporating two of Bennington’s daughters, Lily and Lila, as visitors on one of many tracks.
Gray Daze was Bennington’s pre-Linkin Park group (1994-1997) and earlier than his loss of life that they had supposed to reunite to re-record the band’s discography. With the blessings of Bennington’s household, producer Esjay Jones and band members Sean Dowdell, Mace Beyers and Cristin Davis sought to finish the mission that they had began as a solution to pay tribute to the singer. Amends arrived in 2020, and the band began transforming the remaining 10 tracks within the band’s catalog for what’s now The Phoenix.
Conserving issues within the household, Lily and Lila Bennington now have a spot on a Gray Daze album, showing on the music “Gap” and following within the footsteps of brother Jaime Bennington who beforehand appeared on the Amends observe “Soul Track.” This new set not solely options Bennington’s daughters, but additionally contains visitor turns from Dave Navarro and Filter‘s Richard Patrick.
“Amends was extra emotional and reflective,” explains drummer Sean Dowdell. “We felt unhappy after we had been writing it. Now that we’re a few years eliminated, it’s very clear what we had been going by. We had been at a special stage of grief. We went by the shock and the disappointment. Now, we’re again to gratitude. So, The Phoenix is extra of a celebration of our good friend, his expertise, and the music. It captures Chester’s angst and power that individuals fell in love with. It’s rather more aggressive. When you love Chester’s scream, you’ll love this file.”
The Phoenix will arrive on June 17 by way of Loma Vista Recordings and to kick off promotion of the album, the band has launched the highly effective new music “Saturation (Unusual Love)” that captures the unbelievable vary of the singer by Bennington’s screams and a few extra restrained melodic moments.
Dowdell says, “It’s going to shock lots of people as a result of it will get again to Chester’s core. One of many issues that individuals love about him was his distinctive potential to scream in key… and this music brings you again to all the things you’re keen on about that scream. You are feeling that angst and uncooked emotion he delivered to all the things he did.” You possibly can take a look at the Marc Silverstein-directed video and the lyrics for the music under.
Gray Daze, “Saturation (Unusual Love)” Lyrics
And that is what I say, say
Yeah
And that is what I say, say
Yeah
Let me inform you about myself
Some say I’ve bought a nasty angle
Some say I’ve bought nothing else
Some say I’ve lots to show
Let me inform you about myself
I will do
no matter you need
I will do what you ask me to
However I will not do what you inform me to do
And that is what I say, say
Yeah
And that is what I say, say
Yeah
Unusual Love
Be gone
Be gone
Let me inform you about myself
Some say I bought a protracted solution to go
Some say I am
going straight down
Some say there’s nowhere to go
And that is what I say, say
Yeah
And that is what I say, say
Yeah
Unusual Love
Be gone
Be gone
Unusual Love
Be gone
Be gone
Gray Daze, “Saturation (Unusual Love)”
As acknowledged, Gray Daze’s The Phoenix is on observe for a June 17 launch by Loma Vista Recordings. The album paintings and observe itemizing may be seen under and pre-orders for the album in a wide range of codecs may be discovered at this location.
Gray Daze, The Phoenix Album Art work + Observe Itemizing
Loma Vista Recordings
Saturation (Unusual Love)
Beginning to Fly
Be Your Man
Holding You (that includes Dave Navarro)
Gap (that includes Lily & Lila Bennington)
Drag
Consider Me (that includes Richard Patrick)
Something, Something
Spin
Wake Me
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