Wrapped in the music’s cocoon, as if from inside a grotto, Nyte Skye is able to contend with the truth.īuilding on the synergistic family dynamic of vocalist/guitarist Nyles (who hails from the celebrated shoegaze band Film School) and his teenaged son Skye Lannon (who recorded this album when he was only 12 years old) on drums, Nyte Skye was formed of equal parts frustration from quarantined sheltering from COVID and the boundless creativity that arose from having nowhere to go and nothing to do. “Faded” sounds very much like he describes-melancholic and spacy… maybe even a little medicated The dulcet tones present a cool contrast to the song’s dark lyrics, which is part and parcel to the album’s overall framework, taking inviting soundscapes and spray-painting their interiors with the worries and concerns that 2020 brought upon us all. I was in a lot of pain and pretty out of it, and I started to feel like things were never going to get better.

The lyrics are probably some of my darkest-during the time the pandemic swept through our country, I had a pretty nasty herniated disc. “It just has a nice flow to it, a softness. “I think this one of our most accessible songs,” beams Nyles Lannon of Northern California-based alt-rock band NYTE SKYE about the band’s latest single “ Faded” from their celebrated debut album, Vanishing, out now via Sonic Ritual. ETHEREAL POP FATHER/SON DUO NYTE SKYE CONFRONTS THE FEAR OF LOSING GRIP WITH “FADED” DEBUT ALBUM VANISHING OUT NOW VIA SONIC RITUAL

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