Skinny Dyck — the moniker of Lethbridge, AB's Ryan Dyck — is back today with a new single, "Can't Change the Colour of Your Eyes," via Victory Pool.
Dyck's last album remains 2020's Get to Know Lonesome, which Exclaim! highlighted as a Great Canadian Album You Might Have Missed that year. The new track follows his 2022 EP, Palace Waiting.
Mixed by Mark Nevers (Bonnie Prince Billy, Lambchop), "Can't Change the Colour of Your Eyes" seems to represent the artist making a small retreat from country music through what press notes describe as "muted shades of psychedelia." A hearty amount of twang remains intact, though.
“I have this guitar that’s setup in D and I kept playing the hook line from the song on it,” Dyck explained in a statement. “It sounds better lower — closer to the ground, harder to tip over. Lyrically, it’s a look in the mirror, which for me at this time was a wet blanket of enlightenment reminding that there are things about yourself that you likely can’t change — natured and nurtured — like your eyes.”
Listen to "Can't Change the Colour of Your Eyes" below.