As the release of their long-awaited new album ‘Severed Heart City’ draws ever closer, Irish brother-sister duo Greywind have revealed a further preview of the emo epic. Titled ‘Moon’, the track draws upon Earth’s natural satellite as a universal reminder of the connections that bind us to those we love, defying distance and time.
Guitarist Paul O’Sullivan says “We had ‘Moon’ written before our first album was even released so it’s been a song that has been through a lot with us and we can’t wait for it to finally be free for the world to hear. It’s a song about longing for someone and hoping they’re thinking about you too.” Vocalist Steph O’Sullivan adds “I always picture myself sitting on a windowsill, looking up at the moon and dreaming that the person I’m thinking about is doing the exact same thing at that moment. If you’re in a long distance relationship or even a friendship with someone far away, it’s comforting to look at the moon knowing they’re under it too.”
Greywind’s second album ‘Severed Heart City’ will be released 19th September via FLG. Having heralded the start of a new era earlier this year with epic emo cuts, ‘Acid Rain’ and ‘I.K.A.M.F.’, the brother-sister duo recently announced the full-length alongside the release of another arena-ready anthem which will also appear on the record, titled ‘Waterfall’.
Getting to this point has been more than a rollercoaster for Greywind, whose debut album ‘Afterthoughts’ was released in 2017 via a major label who promptly dropped them despite the band’s ultra-promising “Ones To Watch” status. They’ve gone on to stoke their own creative fire and avid fanbase with a Tik Tok surge during lockdown, an EP released by Version III last year (‘Antidote’), tours and festival appearances across the UK, Europe and North America, and now a partnership with FLG. ‘Severed Heart City’ is both the culmination of and the soundtrack to that journey, taking in all the twists and turns in the siblings’ story, both personally and professionally, along the way.
“Severed Heart City is an extended allegory for the stages of trauma, and one’s inner struggle to find resolution,” say Steph and Paul. “There are many roads that lead to the heart of this broken city, but there is only one bridge out – one of acceptance and hope. Our band was created after the suicide of our uncle and since then we’ve been on an intense journey of achieving some of our biggest dreams to then having everything ripped away from us. Severed Heart City is a place where it’s ok to be sad, depressed and feel like the whole world is against you but it’s also a place where you make sure none of those things ever make you give up on yourself or your dreams. Only you can save yourself.”
