Oh, To Be Weightless in the Sky

by Guest Directors

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super-fuzz Your Music is coloring My Days.
I find You a bit Bolder Sounding than before (Mr. Rian and Mr. Charles form a Fantastic Rhythmic Section!), but You did not lose Your Psychedelic Shoegaze Nature, which I totally Love!!
Your Guitar Driven Layers of Psychedelia build a Wonderful Dreamy overall sound that Carries the Listener to Endless Kaleidoscopic Landscapes..!
And The Double Guitar and Vocal Lines of Mrs. Julie and Mr. Gary are Outstanding.
LoudLove You Dearly! Favorite track: In the Cellar.

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1.	Another Round (An Echo) 04:16	lyrics	buy track
An empty cup, the echoing sound Never filling up, let’s go another round Drink and drown, a sea on your shirt Til you’re beaten down, a hurt for the hurt Soothe your head, before you get sick All day in bed, she’s just another fix On overdrive, you’ll run out of heart The last man alive, a shot in the dark Songbird, fly as high as you can Backwards, before things got out of hand Survivors will call you a broken man If they tell your story first Now you stay inside, to block out the sun And try to hide, since it’s too late to run Ignored the call, regret won’t stop when you fall Songbird, fly as high as you can Backwards, before things got out of hand Survivors will call you a broken man If they tell your story first
2.	In the Cellar 04:45	lyrics	buy track
It’s in the cellar Decades passing like a dream You’re nowhere Scared to peek behind the screen It’s down there You watch the shadows cast But you're fading fast It’s in the cellar Such strange travels in the night You’re nowhere Shadows chained by second sight They’re down there And now you’re on a roll Spinning out of control You watch the shadows fall Soaked in alcohol In the cellar
3.	Shipwreck 05:36	lyrics	buy track
I can’t believe the words they speak It always seems so dark A smile could say it’s all ok But I can’t have it all I’m lost at sea come rescue me Cause I can’t see the shore Drifting on the currents of the sea and sky The stars imply You don’t know where you’re bound Banking on the surface tension to get by No alibi It’s time to head to ground Before you drown No turning back got off the track I’m spinning back and forth I’m lost at sea come rescue me Cause I can’t see the shore Sailing On x 4 Looking to the sky Looking for a sign
4.	Hidden Silos 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Stop what you’re doing You can’t make it right No Feign understanding You’ll die in the light Oh Always outside - wanting Without a guide - wanting Oh, to be weightless in the sky! Always outside - wanting Without a guide - wanting Unsatisfied - wanting Oh, to be weightless in the sky!
5.	Words Disappear 03:46	lyrics	buy track
I didn’t mean to be that way Tried to find the words to say I got confused and couldn’t see The devil’s dance in front of me Chorus I wanna tear it down And burn the ground The words you hear Disappear The sun went down and the stars came out Worlds collide so I did without A thousand years and a million dreams Left behind … behind the scene

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Guest Directors return to dynamic, full-band form after a couple of experimental, home-recorded releases during the lockdown era. For "Oh, To Be Weightless in the Sky", the quartet selected five songs that would best benefit from producer Jack Endino's (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney) extensive experience with loud rock bands. The result is a heavier sound still characterized by a strong sense of melody and a dreamy, shoegaze undercurrent throughout. Dual vocals are amped-up on this release, alongside ample layers of guitar candy that are sure to keep your headphones happy.

Opener “Another Round (An Echo)” is a full-band reimagining of “Another Round,” which was first home-recorded for the "Connected Heavens" EP [Topsy-009, 2021]. Inspired by a recent Seattle musician’s autobiography, the song maintains the vocal vulnerability of the original recording while detonating the power of four people recording live and loud.

Spooky and heavy in turns, “In the Cellar” dips into the darkness of the human psyche, while the music juxtaposes a haunting groove against angular noise, matched by the alternating vocals of the band’s singer/guitarists, Julie D. and Gary Thorstensen.
 The propulsive “Shipwreck” again showcases the dual vocalist approach amidst the tense fury of sonic momentum. “Hidden Silos” explodes like a Roman candle thick in a pool of brooding psych where wah pedals abound. The EP closes with the quirky rocker “Words Disappear” - one of the band’s oldest songs that had never seemed to fit with previous recording sets. Given Endino’s rock bonafides, the decision to finally record the banger was a no-brainer.

"Oh, To Be Weightless in the Sky" reveals the assertively intricate branches Guest Directors have added to the trunk that began growing with their debut, "These Beautiful Things", in 2016. A trunk that, like so many others in recent years, twisted in cleverly resourceful ways to weather the times - emerging in full bloom after a summer of sun and anticipation of the rain that awaits.

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released October 21, 2022

All songs written and performed by Guest Directors:
Julie D
Charles Russo
Gary Thorstensen
Rian Turner

Except "Words Disappear", written by:
Julie D
Steve Melle
Gary Thorstensen
Rian Turner

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jack Endino at Soundhouse, Seattle

Thank you:

Topsy Records, Obscure Colors, These People Here, The Drolls, Denny, Jessie, Linda, Robin, Thunder Road Guitars, Jeff at The Bass Shop, Mike and Mike's Guitar Bar, Chris and Will at West Coast Drum Shop, Golden Phi Amplification, Tremolo:Seattle, Jack Endino, Black Nite Crash, STAG, Central Saloon, LoFi Performance Gallery, The Doghouse, DKFM, and you.

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Guest Directors Seattle, Washington

A Seattle band. Jazzmasters drenched in reverb. Post-shoegaze rock, dream pop, power pop and noise. Bluesy, dreamy, shreddy, psychedelic.

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