Wilmette - Winter Stay
Chicago’s pop-punk outfit Wilmette released the music video for “Winter Stay” just yesterday. The song is from their forthcoming label-debut EP, Anxious Body, slated to drop July 19, on Mutant League Records, with which the band recently signed.
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According to vocalist/bassist Peyton Day, "In early 2019 we started talking about potential labels that felt right for our band and all came to the same conclusion that Mutant League was that label for us. When we were writing for our EP entitled, “Anxious Body” we wanted to make something that hit hard and instantly grabbed people’s attention. With the help of Seth Henderson of ABG, we were able to make a product that felt full and better than we ever could have imagined it. Once the EP was wrapped up we wanted to work with one of our good friends Alex Zarek on putting out a video for our song, ‘Winter Stay.’”
The imminent EP was produced by Seth Henderson at ABG Studios, and mastered by Kris Crummett.
Formed in a basement in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, in 2018, Wilmette blends pop-punk with hardcore elements, resulting in a potently intoxicating sound rife with angst and visceral dynamics. The band is made up of Aaron Hailey (vocals), Peyton Day (bass, vocals), Gage Pokorny (guitar), Griffin Guge (guitar), and Aidan Hailey (drums).
I love the drums on this song, pummeling with hefty pops and escalating crunching oomph, driving the rhythm like a capacitor of force and momentum.
“Winter Stay” opens on heavy, snarling guitars pushing out muscular tones and then drops down to a lenient bridge, before moussing back up to brawny energy levels. Rasping vocals infuse the tune with tight tension and urgency. A delicately glimmering breakdown injects the tune with a gently shimmering shift.
I love the drums on this song, pummeling with hefty pops and escalating crunching oomph, driving the rhythm like a capacitor of force and momentum.
Expressive lyrics deliver sensitive dependence on initial circumstances.
“I'll keep on pushing through the absence / Guess I'm better off alone / Throw my head inside the rafters just to make me feel at home / And I’ll lift myself up / Suppose my back will break the fall to maybe straighten some things out / And force my head to take the blows.”
“Winter Stay” is outstanding, replete with beefy sonic dynamics, indulgent interludes, and both gritty and melodic vocals.
