![]() ![]() Landon comes up with this sticky melody that’s part talking, part singing, all feel. I cobble together a sampled, sauntering drum beat on a bus in Italy. June 2015: Back at square one and thinking hard about words like “sonic” and “identity,” Jason makes a round, booming instrumental in his studio in Costa Mesa. The lyrics are mostly outward facing, obtuse, anxious. Over the next six months, we start, and later abandon, a sophomore album full of minimal electronic songs. My Mom tells all her friends about the time we played Conan, and how she heard us on the radio.ĭeep inside, I’m a little disappointed because I read somewhere on the internet that we were supposed to be the next Coldplay, yet I still drive a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder with a check engine light. September 16, 2014: The trip subsides, we finish the tour, and release an album called You Haunt Me. Additionally, my man sprawls out on the bathroom tile, smiling, scared, and stoned, naming off a list of people to whom he must give this newly discovered, all-encompassing, cosmic love. Shortly thereafter, he becomes one with the universe. Landon, our front man, steps out for a smoke. We’re colonizing a beige, Spartan room at the Courtyard Marriott in Oakland. Still, I wanted to give you a bit more background, in chronological order, formatted by bullet pointsĪpril 20, 2014: It’s a day off on tour with The 1975. ![]() Initially, we had someone else write it and they did a nice job––in fact, my favorite quote said that our new song “turns a hotel-room panic attack into a creative breakthrough” (true!). ![]() “Hello, this is Hayden from Sir Sly and I am writing the press release for our new single “High”. Thankfully they’ve delivered something to get fans excited again. Ive been waiting for a while, and honestly kind of gave up hope that they’d even do anything else. I’m really hoping this is the first in an avalanche of new music from Sir Sly. The percussion brings it to life and keeps your brain from giving anything else attention, so you’re fully engaged from beginning to end. ![]() I sometimes get a feeling of detachment from their music, but not here. It sounds a lot like other Sir Sly songs, but more grounded in truth. Living with the song for so long may have given it an added level of confidence. “High” was written before any of that, going all the way back to their earliest tastes of fame with appearances on “Conan” and song placements in video games and commercials. Since then Sir Sly have been pretty quiet, releasing a remix EP and one other song over the last couple years. I was excited to hear that the group is back and releasing new songs, and equally excited that the latest is really good. If you’ve been following Sir Sly for a while, you may have been pleasantly surprised to get an e-mail last week from Hayden Copley describing the events leading to their latest single, “High” (it’s pretty funny, so I’ll include it at the bottom). ![]()
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