Thin Skies
by Bootblacks
Thee Childlike Empress
Thee Childlike Empress
Transports me to a place out of time...
Favorite track: Traveling Light.
Dionysos Nyktelios
Dionysos Nyktelios
'Thin Skies' is a projection of an urban dark, dense atmosphere. There are no shinny lights here, but the ominousness of concrete walls and the gruesome depths of nightclubs.
With echoes of Bauhaus and ebm influences at the same time, Bootblacks deliver greatly evocative, high quality synth driven post punk compositions with a flawless production.
If you are about to get lost in the city streets after midnight, this record is the perfect companion. Favorite track: Nostalgia Void.
With echoes of Bauhaus and ebm influences at the same time, Bootblacks deliver greatly evocative, high quality synth driven post punk compositions with a flawless production.
If you are about to get lost in the city streets after midnight, this record is the perfect companion. Favorite track: Nostalgia Void.
NCV - Jory
NCV - Jory
The prime reason to be excited for October. Traveling Light is staggeringly wonderful.
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Swept away, you stole my thoughts
Whispers hold me, fascinated with boredom
Trouble in these fevered rooms
I surrender, surrender wonder
I can see your face
The only one in the empty crowd
I can see your face
The only one in the empty crowd
Children of gold, philistines of fame
Makes no difference to them, everything they claim
Apathetic idols, I surrender
Surrender wonder
I can see your face
The only one in the empty crowd
I can see your face
The only one in the empty crowd
Watch the lights go away
The lights go away
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When I walk, I walk alone
Deserted heart towards an empty throne
Traveled so far, to be with you
Without shade, without night
Want you to take me to shapeless lands
Away from guilt, my beloved shame
Gather me up in your arms and take away from here
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
To live in your life
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
To lie by your side
Journey so long, to see you
To watch you blush to watch you wilt
Want you to take me to shapeless lands
Away from guilt, my beloved shame
Gather me up in your arms and take me away from here
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
To live in your life
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
To lie by your side
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
To live in your life
Such a sweet thing
Such a sweet thing, such a sweet thing
To lie by your side
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Thin Skies
03:22
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The empty road, endlessly ahead
I drive forever into a dying light
When I hear, the wild and broken sounds
That's how I'll know
I'm all the way down now
I live on the other side
I live on the other side from you
(So far away)
How does it end?
Would you like to see?
It's only me in the mirror looking back
Hands slip we drift, tomorrow's gone
That's how I'll know
I'm all the way down now
I live on the other side
I live on the other side from you
(So far away)
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Hidden Things
03:40
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If you follow me around
Make you better
Make me awful
Get off the floor
What a wonderful girl
Make me happy
Make me feel, so alone.
Adorable mess, did they get you again?
I can see those tears in your eyes
They want to fix you, break you, make you theirs, despite what you want
Can you help me find
All the hidden things inside?
You say you’re lost alone
And you’re coming apart
You’re the rarest type, everyone wants but no one would save.
Can you help me find
All the hidden things inside?
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Parallel
03:58
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Dreamed of you, believed you were never real
I didn’t know, you could hurt, you could feel
Never looked for me
In these parallel lives
I guess I thought, you would want to say goodbye
I don’t want you to go
Don’t look back
On those lonely nights
I don’t want you to go
Don’t look back
On those lonely nights
I don’t want you to go
Don’t look back
On those lonely nights
I don’t want you to go
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Just when things were looking up
Tired themes start turning up, again
These streets are young for someone else
Why do I come here? Always ends up the same.
What does it feel like?
It feels like hell
What does it feel like?
It feels like hell
A long time ago, just like yesterday
I danced with you, in those dark little rooms
Now the future’s the past, I blew my chance
Why do I come here? Always ends up the same.
What does it feel like?
It feels like hell
What does it feel like?
It feels like hell
If that’s what you want
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Brouhaha
03:28
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Were you up to something?
Caged and pacing
Back and forth, back and forth
Your body and head
Got to get them together, Got to get us together
Cursed and waiting
Take it back, take it back
Our conversations to each other
Gonna do it right
You got two black eyes
You got two blacks eyes, boy
They match your clothes
They match your taste
Your head is full, visions
Building and building
Come closer listen
Thinking it over, get your life in motion
Gotta save yourself, gotta save yourself
There's nothing in this place
I’m on the edge, I’m on the edge
We’ve got to go, we’re here too long
Gotta have your angle, gotta have your angle
You got two black eyes
You got two blacks eyes, boy
They match your clothes
They match your taste
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New Lines
03:24
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You're home, the lights are off
Playing the day over and over again
Pulling a string just to find yourself
See the child
The bitter arc
You cry out
Lying there falling to your fate
Talking to yourself, over and over again
When it stops, is the silence enough?
See the child
The bitter arc
You cry out
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Inextinguishable
03:30
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Funny how things
Get erased
No mercy no meaning
Just our solitary thoughts
A moment alone
In your embrace
Reminds me of places
Even stars can drown
I dream here
Come and find me
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about
Thin Skies, Bootblacks' first album for Artoffact Records, zooms forward where Fragments left off. The nine songs combine a driving, dancefloor pulse with soulful, melodic post-punk, yielding results that are positively anthemic.
Produced by Jason Corbett of Artoffact labelmates ACTORS, Thin Skies evokes scenes of dark days and reckless nights in the urban jungle – a marriage of post-punk emotion and clubland sweat. Frontman Panther Almqvist's brooding voice captivates as it veers from detached cool to deep vulnerability. Guitarist Alli Gorman's hard jangle "channels the trademark delay techniques of [U2's] The Edge," in the words of Post-Punk. Keyboardist Barrett Hiatt's arpeggiated synths are the life force pushing the songs relentlessly forward, as Larry Gorman bashes a mix of acoustic and electronic drums with power and perfection. Backing vocals come courtesy of Shannon Hemmett (ACTORS) and Kennedy Ashlyn (SRSQ, Them Are Us Too).
Bootblacks' hometown of New York City is integral to Thin Skies' sound. The band's name itself is said to be derived from novelist William Burroughs’ description of the dark underbelly of glitzy NYC. Almqvist states: "It's an energetic city and people have all the reasons in the world not to give you the time of day. I think our music has been shaped by that in many ways."
Produced by Jason Corbett of Artoffact labelmates ACTORS, Thin Skies evokes scenes of dark days and reckless nights in the urban jungle – a marriage of post-punk emotion and clubland sweat. Frontman Panther Almqvist's brooding voice captivates as it veers from detached cool to deep vulnerability. Guitarist Alli Gorman's hard jangle "channels the trademark delay techniques of [U2's] The Edge," in the words of Post-Punk. Keyboardist Barrett Hiatt's arpeggiated synths are the life force pushing the songs relentlessly forward, as Larry Gorman bashes a mix of acoustic and electronic drums with power and perfection. Backing vocals come courtesy of Shannon Hemmett (ACTORS) and Kennedy Ashlyn (SRSQ, Them Are Us Too).
Bootblacks' hometown of New York City is integral to Thin Skies' sound. The band's name itself is said to be derived from novelist William Burroughs’ description of the dark underbelly of glitzy NYC. Almqvist states: "It's an energetic city and people have all the reasons in the world not to give you the time of day. I think our music has been shaped by that in many ways."
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released October 9, 2020
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Bootblacks New York, New York
Brooklyn Post-Punk.
New album "Thin Skies" out now on Artoffact Records.
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Mar 31Parsippany, NJ
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Jun 2012
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