After the release of the single “The Patient: Fray” in late fall of last year, their first release since their 2016 acclaimed debut album “This Clear Divide,” Australian Progressive Metal act Stare at the Clouds is back with their second single “Gravity” from forthcoming album “The Veil.”
Stare At The Clouds release their new song, “Gravity,” exploring the devastating moment a couple learns of a dementia diagnosis and realising that life as they know it has changed forever. Written from the perspectives of both the patient and their spouse, the song captures the heartbreak, reassurance, grief and enduring love that coexist in the immediate aftermath of life-changing news.
Guest vocalist Liv Mirrington brings greater depth to the story as the voice of the spouse, standing alongside the patient throughout this ordeal. Their intertwined performances are at once mournful and defiant, wrestling with the weight of the diagnosis, and an uncertain future.
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New single “Gravity” unfolds gradually, starting with clean atmospheric guitars, intimate and heartbreaking melodies, haunting vocal layers and growing into an overwhelming and unstoppable wall of sound with relentless rhythmic momentum, reflecting the crescive weight and sorrow of the inevitable “slow goodbye.”
“Gravity” sets the scene for the band’s forthcoming album, “The Veil,” an album written to honour the countless families affected by dementia, exploring themes surrounding this tragic disease, and ultimately the remarkable stories of devotion, resilience and unwavering love in the face of profound loss.