The Abyss, by Wakings

The Abyss

by Wakings

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Łabandzi Śpiew "The hit is exceptionally heavy in Silenced Grounds where the ambient intro is followed by surprising and violent guitars" ENGLISH: labandzi.blogspot.com/2019/11/wakings-abyss-2019-en.html Favorite track: Silenced Grounds.

katoriamat This is something I would be writing a drama to. Something I would listen to and sob in the shower during a rough time.

It is emotional and and engaging. I listened all the way through in one go and that is not normal for me. Favorite track: Sorrow Maps.

Oleg Chulanovskyi 3rd day in a row after release, on the repeat... Amazing stuff Favorite track: Ritual.

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1.	Embrace 03:19	buy track
2.	Ritual 03:27	buy track
3.	Silenced Grounds 04:59	buy track
4.	Notations 05:06	buy track
5.	Graves 03:08	buy track
6.	Field Studies 07:20	buy track
7.	Sorrow Maps 06:27	buy track
8.	The Abyss 07:10	buy track

about

The Abyss is about the processing of grief, loss, and the anxiety that surrounds our own mortality and impermanence. None of the experiences that are tied to these feelings bring easy, comforting answers. The stories we tell of those who are no longer with us are tied to scars and wounds that can find a way to bring pain in the most unexpected of moments. Unlike past releases, The Abyss is not cheerful, optimistic, or hopeful. Grieving usually brings none of these feelings to the table. Grieving is hard, painful, and no sentiments or platitudes can ease the process of finding acceptance from loss.

While I've been writing demos for The Abyss now for a little over two years, the album truly began to take shape and find an identity in June 2018, when a family friend died suddenly and my mother was diagnosed with cancer shortly after. The year that has followed has been shaped by the sickness and deaths of friends and relatives in my life, and the writing that ensued in order to process the losses and grief naturally took a far darker and melancholic turn from what Wakings normally sounded like.

Writing this album was the most exhausting and draining work I have ever created. Some songs are still overwhelming to listen to as they bring me back to the processing of the grief during the time that writing began to take place. I have always struggled with the concept of mortality, sometimes ending up in a crippling headspace for weeks or months at a time. The writing that came from the last year ended up becoming a manifestation of that extreme anxiety and grief. Writing the album became an outlet for the processing of those emotions. The anxiety of mortality, coupled with the processing of grief, feels like falling down an endless abyss. Knowing what direction the album was going, there was never going to be a more fitting title for the album than The Abyss. I've never been more proud to release something as personal and mature as this album.

This album is dedicated to those who have lost someone and have had to explore the loss in the deepest recesses of depression and anxiety in order to find acceptance.

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released September 3, 2019

Victor Ribas, Drums
Kelly Burris, Artwork
Sam Maul/Shock City Studios, Engineer
Rob Schlette/Anthem Mastering, Mastering

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Wakings St. Louis, Missouri

Wakings is post-rock that isn't quite post-rock at times and has existed since late 2014. I do everything myself except album art and mastering.

discography

The Abyss

Sep 2019
Abyssal Forest

May 2017
Architect

Apr 2016
Locus

Dec 2014

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