William Ryan Key released atmospheric new single ‘Brighton,’ taken from upcoming EP ‘Everything Except Desire,’ out on February 11th, 2022 via Equal Vision. ‘Brighton’ follows the release of ‘Face In A Frame,’ the first single from the upcoming EP.
“I think this song is a manifestation of my desire to set myself free from the constraints of what I’ve created in the past,” says William Ryan Key about the new single. “I wondered if it was too far removed from the music people expect to hear from me,” he adds. “The more I pondered it, the more I realized that it might be, and that it was ok if it was.”
Clocking in at a little more than six minutes (almost twice the standard length of the songs he wrote with Yellowcard), ‘Brighton’ ebbs and flows into a pastoral soundscape of crashing synths and atmospheric percussion while his distinctive vocals carry the melody. “The baseline of this song bounced around in my head for days,” he shares. “The verses are rhythmic and complex while the chorus just soars. This one is for driving at night with nowhere specific to go.”