Coyle Girelli Track By Track On New Album ‘Museum Day’

Coyle Girelli has released his third solo album Museum Day and he takes Hi Fi Way through track by track…

Jane Tells A Lie
The album opener is a jangly Smiths inspired tune about betrayal and lies. It has a fun upbeat vibe despite its more melancholy meaning. Dance away the sad.

Museum Day
This one was the cornerstone of this record which is why I named the album after it. It took me a minute to figure out how I wanted this album to sound. Once I wrote Museum Day everything else made sense and I wrote the rest of the album within a few weeks. Museum Day is a feeling. A moment. Be it momentary or infinite. I set it in my hometown New York City. A perfect day with a little trouble sprinkled on top.

Swim
This one is an ode to a beautiful pair of eyes.

So Predictable
I tuned the fuzz pedals on and turned the amps up. This is probably the most 90’s influenced song on the record.

It exploring the narcissistic and shallow characters in our lives. I set it in Los Angeles fittingly. It’s a parade.

Between Us
A driving love story about a love that never leaves. No matter the distance. A little bit New Order, a little bit War on Drugs, a little bit The National. Half Manchester. Half New York City.

Real Love
This one I wanted to strip down and keep it as dry and real as I could but with the full band playing. The band did a killer job. I love how it came out. It really set a tone that I’ve been in ever since.

Nobody
Nobody is an exploration of loneliness. Set in the middle of the one of the busiest places on earth surrounded by people. Even there, there are moments when we all feel lost and disconnected. It’s that that I was exploring in this song.

The Girl
Another driving ode to a girl in New York. I had fun with this one exploring sounds and ways to keep the song subtly lifting and dropping while musically not changing much. Giving it dynamics with just a nudge here and there.

I Tried to Love You
I wrote and recorded this one so quickly I barely remember anything but the mixing. I played with my voice here in a way I’ve never used it before. Softer. Closer. Restrained. Like with a lot of the songs on this album I purposely stopped my voice from going when it often wants to – those big almost operatic moments. I kept it bottled. Made it work harder for those moments. And non more so than in this song.

New York Rain
A true story

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Coyle Girelli’s Museum Day is out now…