Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross offers a warning about love's capabibity to wreck havoc on I Just Died In Your Arms, the new single by his Skinny Dippers project. To sugarcoat the message he wrapped in a sunny side up, mainstream pop, a classic trick that never gets old.
In the lead up to the release of his debut album The Town & The City Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross released seven singles by his Skinny Dippers. Only of them, Panties, did not make the cut for the final running order. Thematically, it would have fitted perfectly - love found and lost again, but it lacked the gloss that was used for the rest of the songs, after his neighbours Jordan Dunn-Pilz and Dan Alvarez of indie pop duo Toledo had entered the picture to help him out.
Gross's knack for catchy, happy-sad lyrics on top of an intricate musical yet catchy foundation make The Town & The City the perfect soundtrack for a day that is not all sun and rainbows. New York can be a harsh mistress, loneliness and anxiety can wiggle their way in without warning, while he is dreaming of better days (Big City, Small Apartment). Landing a fulfilling relationship can be a frustrating push-pull game (Through Tryin', Highs & Lows), and finding out that the woman already got hitched (Wedding Ring) can be devastating indeed. Still, he always takes it in his stride when things went South yet again. Despite all the setbacks Gross an optimist with an unshakeable belief in a Hollywood ending.
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross looks at previous versions of himself on the new single by his Skinny Dippers project. Past Selves is mainly about commitment issues, when his friends (or a fire) were holding him back when a girl wanted to move in with him. He wonders if that sort of carefree attitude is still inside of him, a sense of melancholy clashing with the sunny side up pop music: "Well it started on a Sunday // You had gone out for some brunch // And before you even knew it // You'd become a cocktail sponge // You had told her that you'd help her // Yeah, you were going to help her move // But your friends said once you're in that deep // There's really nothing you can do".
His neighbours, Jordan Dunn-Pilz and Dan Alvarez of pop-duo Toledo, once again produced the track.
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross sings about being homesick on his new single by his Skinny Dippers project, not sure where Home after he picked up his stuff to move from Portland to leave his love behind. Will the distance put an end to their relationship? Promises that things won't change that much are not exactly reassuring. Gross goes for radio-friendly pop on this one, with deceptively cheerful backing vocals: "So tell me you wont change // And you'll still think the same ways // I'm writing you this song from 2, 000 miles away // I know we both were right // And we may see better days // But things seemed so much simpler when I thought we might stay". His neighbours, Jordan Dunn-Pilz and Dan Alvarez of pop-duo Toledo, produced the track.
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross has unveiled his first ever video, an animated clip for his latest single Boat On The Water: "It is a slow, folk-tinged song, gently going with the flow of the waves, but underneath the doubt is still there as he thinks back at a row he had with his loved one".
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross is trying to get a grip on a long distance relationship on Boat On The Water, the latest single by his Skinny Dippers project. It is a slow, folk-tinged song, gently going with the flow of the waves, but underneath the doubt is still there as he thinks back at a row he had with his loved one: "Driving to the ocean in your mother's car it's late // Graciously you've picked me up // But drunkenly I rave // Staggering towards the ocean but you guide us from my side // I tell you, you look amazing but it starts it a fight // Have I turned you away // Or are you just afraid you'll stay… with me".
His neighbours Jordan Dunn-Pilz and Dan Alvarez of radio-friendly pop duo Toledo are helping him out, fleshing out the tracks for his debut album, The Town & The City, due for release in August.
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross is still in the early stages of new found love on the latest single by his Skinny Dippers project. With Night to Day he describes his stays in the bedroom of his loved one, where he is having endless conversations about what to future might have in store for them. He is a bit worried that the arrival of daylight will break the spell, but if anything he has got damn fine dream pop song out of it.
After releasing two singles about a breakup that really hurt Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross now finds himself in the early stages of new found love. However, not everyting is fine and dandy. There is a little voice whispering that things can go South without warning on Wedding Ring, the new track by his Skinny Dippers project. Wrapped in layers of jangling psych-tinged guitar he tries to make amends, hoping that his love can forgive his shortcomings, whether they are imaginary or real.
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross is back with a new single, Through Tryin'. It seems that he still not done with the breakup that was the inspired him to write Panties, the debut from his solo project Skinny Dippers. For a guy who is feeling down he sounds actually quite cheerful, telling the other party that he has had enough amidst upbeat guitars on top of a gentle tugging backbeat.
He names Stephen Malkmus as one of his heroes, an artist who deserves his own chapter in the passive-agressive songwriting handbook. Gross bowes out with a mean power chord, a short burst of anger that finally manages to come to the surface.
Brooklyn based musician Ryan Gross seeks closure after a breakup on Panties, the debut single from his solo project Skinny Dippers. By alternating musical moods he cherishes the happy memories and dealing with the fact that it is all over. He used a mixture of Sixties pop and Nineties college rock tied together with upbeat guitars, West Coast harmonies, and gloomy synths. Tension and release are carefully balanced to tell a universal tale of love and loss.
