In her forthcoming LP Abyss (out Aug. 7th) these last three months, for singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe is slowly becoming one of the years most intriguing releases — and one that’s an follow-up to her 2013 breakout, “Pain Is Beauty”. She continues to entrance with the release of “Grey Days,” see earlier post .
As with her fourth full-length’s previous releases — “Iron Moon,” “Carrion Flowers” and “After the Fall” and “Grey Days” utilizes its droning, gothic production to dissect the nocturnal mind’s innermost regions. Constructed around a looping drum kick and haunting viola by longtime Chelsea Wolfe collaborators Dylan Fujioka and Ezra Buchla, the track doesn’t bear the same pronounced aggression as the California-based musician’s other fare. More a sorrowful lullaby built on industrialized distortions and wispy, howling vocals, it’s just as captivating.
“For this album I was interested in the subconscious, or unconscious mind, approaching it like a warehouse full of memories and emotions to be confronted,” Wolfe has said, “The title [‘Grey Days’] came from a conversation with someone I met on the road who had been in prison. He called that time his ‘grey days.’ It’s about something holding you back.”
“I’m drawn to the peace in feeling nothing, but I’m also afraid of feeling nothing,” Wolfe says of this dark dichotomy. It’s one seen throughout her body of work. “The song is a battle.”
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