Red Skies Dawning
Shipwrecked

Listening to the new single, Shipwrecked, from Red Skies Dawning, for the first time, you can feel that hit of energy straight away. It’s heavy, direct, and full of purpose. For frontman Chris Aleshire, it marks more than just another release, it’s the "rebirth of Red Skies Dawning."

Red Skies Dawning grew out of his earlier project, Red Skies Mourning, but this new chapter carries a different weight. The sound is harder with a really grounded tone. Aleshire worked with producers Chris Dawson and Jimmie Beattie to rebuild Shipwrecked from an older, emo pop track into something raw and forceful. The guitars sit closer to the edge with the drums hitting deeper, and the vocals sound like they’ve lived through the story they’re telling.

Lyrically, Shipwrecked certainly feels very personal. Exploring themes like being pulled under, losing your footing, and finding a way back up. As in life there’s no neat resolution, just the sense that you survive by facing what broke you. That is an idea runs through the whole song, pain, collapse, rebuilding.

The track isn't pretentious in anyway, it is open and honest and its that honesty that gives Shipwrecked its strength. For Aleshire and the band, Shipwrecked isn’t only a debut, it’s the start of something that’s finally in their own voice. They have definitely achieved that goal. ​