Within Yr Reach EP, by The Snowy Owls

Within Yr Reach EP

by The Snowy Owls

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Ryan Micklos Amazing Richmond rock band. Big noise with some interesting guitar work, thrown in with a dash of The Cure's dark sensibilities and some reverby haze.

PJ Sykes So Near is my favorite Snowy Owls jam! Favorite track: So Near.

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1.	Pilcrow 01:16	lyrics
Instrumental
2.	Within Yr Reach 04:51	lyrics
it only takes a moment for it all to change you can tell here comes the spell when love is within your reach blue eyes are tender claws and there’s no running away the world’s dissolving, collapsing on itself don’t give up this time do you believe what you see or do our hearts deceive stolen glances and chances on the shelf it’s different this time it could be so simple don’t become destroyed by doubt you can tell the familiar the spell when love is within your reach
3.	Fortunate Isles 03:38	lyrics
hey, we gotta to break this fog it’s been going on for far too long i’ve been looking at your eyes you could come with me we could climb the trees and we’ll disappear behind the leaves we can go down by the shore forget this mess and plot a course tell me there’s a place across the sea of our mistakes where i’m in your arms and we can spend our days let your hidden sails unfurl so i can come stand beside you, girl i know it’s been on your mind you could go with me we could climb the trees and we’ll disappear behind the leaves we can go down by the shore forget this mess and plot a course we will find the place across the sea of our mistakes where you’re in my arms and we can spend our days
4.	Josef & Anni 04:45	lyrics
we can’t escape the after-image always stays we learned that night we’re made of reflected light mixing now the pattern shifts we make out a bezold effect as new boundaries connect with the color of interaction now at play intervals transform our hearts’ array mixing now the pattern shifts we make out a bezold effect as new boundaries connect we make a tetrachord, what are we waiting for we’ll find the figure-ground harmony and whether it is warm, or whether it is cool i’ll be the color ever next to you
5.	So Near 04:59	lyrics
concrete eyes and a sidewalk smile missing chapters there’s a door at street’s end we must be somewhere else we navigate the tension sea winter’s night traveling and i could be your reader this mess could be ours caught in a scene that we thought we’d never see we trace the threads, they find us in the end we place the threads, they bind us in the end concrete eyes and a sidewalk smile the mistakes were right
6.	Cloud 04:14	lyrics
will you keep it locked up in the clouds will you free it wish i could help you out it’s a puzzle i know we could figure out above the ground if you feel it don’t you knock it down don’t misplace it floating in that cloud above the ground something to show something to hold don’t let it go it’s got to breathe what can you see what do you feel you’re up so high i can’t reach will you come down when we know we could be good inside this cloud
7.	Span 01:05	lyrics
Instrumental
8.	Falling 05:40	lyrics
i swear i didn’t build these shrines in the corners of my mind yet they stand, calling me to find the arms that left me here to pine in the sea of sleep is where the siren comes to me but her songs always fade away i’m left with lungs full of waves i want to keep dreaming but i can’t keep on sleeping so i wake myself falling, for you wake myself falling but i can’t keep on sleeping so i wake myself falling, for you wake myself falling

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“Short distance is not in itself nearness. Nor is great distance remoteness.” — Heidegger

Taking cues from The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me and The Replacements’ Let It Be along with a few nods to My Blood Valentine, it helps to set the bar for their musical peers in terms of their unique prowess. With Bergendahl at the helm as engineer as well as bassist, the band has begun work on their first official release. Within Yr Reach is an attempt at helping to create a frame of mind for what defines The Snowy Owls. “Pilcrow” opens the release with a wave of patient dissonance. It’s nods to slowcore assist in showcasing their penchant for the genre and how it sets the stage for what arrives after. A tremendous charge of sound takes over as soon as the title track starts. A solid foundation of noodled guitars that would feel right at home on any Sonic Youth release with a strong lyrical influence from the quirky likes of Yo La Tengo. Acting as a counterpart to the title track, “So Near” and “Josef & Anni” continue with the trend of everlasting desire for the ones we want to be that much closer. The thought is genuine and it reiterates the idea behind this release. For however close we may find ourselves near the ones we want, they can still feel so far away. This is clear with Klimas’ steady wordplay and the utilization of space as well as intensity through Within Yr Reach. They are The Snowy Owls and Within Yr Reach is the best design to showcase this sentiment.

credits

released November 13, 2012

The Snowy Owls are: Matt Klimas, Allen Bergendahl, Brandon Martin, James Wingo. Written and produced by The Snowy Owls. Recorded by Allen Bergendahl September 2012 at The Yacht. Mixed by Allen Bergendahl. Mastered by Josh Quarles.

Thanks to everyone who made this record possible through your support, inspiration, and love. Cheers RVA!

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