Brooklyn emo band Stay Inside have announced their sophomore full-length, previewed today by new single "Sweet Stripe!"
Ferried Away will be released independently on February 24. It follows Stay Inside's 2020 debut album, Viewing, and includes recent singles "A Backyard" and "An Invitation."
"Ferried Away is a collection of songs about people we love, or have loved. Each song is dedicated to a specific person we know," the band explained in a statement. "Tying the songs together is the concept of Steeplechase. Steeplechase Park was one of the original Coney Island amusement parks that burned down in 1907."
They continued, "To many New Yorkers, Coney is a fun and beautiful place that you've always wanted to visit but never make the time. This album lets the historical Steeplechase stand in for a sort of purgatory of memory where the people you love live between the last time you see them and either of your deaths. Whether you're estranged, or in different states, or just fallen out of touch, these are songs for the friends in Steeplechase."
If new single "Sweet Stripe!" is any indication, it promises to be a collection of gunning, nostalgia-fuelled tracks that harness scrappy hooks and hard feelings in equal measure.
Watch the Stephen Mlinarcik-directed "Sweet Stripe!" video that fully embraces the Coney Island theme below, where you can likewise check out the album tracklist.
Ferried Away:
1. Bon Zs
2. Learn to Float
3. A Backyard
4. An Invitation
5. A Town to Give Up In
6. My Fault
7. When's the Last Time?
8. Sweet Stripe!
9. Steeplechase
Pre-order Ferried Away.
Ferried Away will be released independently on February 24. It follows Stay Inside's 2020 debut album, Viewing, and includes recent singles "A Backyard" and "An Invitation."
"Ferried Away is a collection of songs about people we love, or have loved. Each song is dedicated to a specific person we know," the band explained in a statement. "Tying the songs together is the concept of Steeplechase. Steeplechase Park was one of the original Coney Island amusement parks that burned down in 1907."
They continued, "To many New Yorkers, Coney is a fun and beautiful place that you've always wanted to visit but never make the time. This album lets the historical Steeplechase stand in for a sort of purgatory of memory where the people you love live between the last time you see them and either of your deaths. Whether you're estranged, or in different states, or just fallen out of touch, these are songs for the friends in Steeplechase."
If new single "Sweet Stripe!" is any indication, it promises to be a collection of gunning, nostalgia-fuelled tracks that harness scrappy hooks and hard feelings in equal measure.
Watch the Stephen Mlinarcik-directed "Sweet Stripe!" video that fully embraces the Coney Island theme below, where you can likewise check out the album tracklist.
Ferried Away:
1. Bon Zs
2. Learn to Float
3. A Backyard
4. An Invitation
5. A Town to Give Up In
6. My Fault
7. When's the Last Time?
8. Sweet Stripe!
9. Steeplechase
Pre-order Ferried Away.