Indie Pop Act Ships Have Sailed Release New Single With Video For “Skin”
INDIE POP ACTSHIPS HAVE SAILEDRELEASE“SKIN”
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“Ships Have Sailed celebrate vulnerability in their unassuming new single ‘Skin,’ an acoustically-driven, harmony-rich embrace of authenticity and honesty. – ATWOOD MAGAZINE
Los Angeles-based act Ships Have Sailed are dropping anchor with their much-anticipated new single, “Skin.” “Skin,” brilliantly captures the band’s infectious brand of sincere indie pop-rock, while examining the question: Has anyone ever told you that you need a thicker skin? Comprised of vocalist and guitarist, Will Carpenter and drummer Art Andranikyan, Ships Have Sailed creates music that is uplifting, buoyant and filled with thoughtful and conscientious lyrics. “I can’t even count how many times people have told me that, says Carpenter. “But they’re essentially telling you to numb your feelings, and I think that our feelings and emotions are the essence of our humanity. The music I create wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t lean into my emotions when I’m writing, and so ‘Skin’ is my way of expressing that I’m content with feeling as much as I do…even if it hurts sometimes.” Both the song and its accompanying video are out everywhere now. “Skin” was co-written by Carpenter and Andranikyan, produced, and mixed by Carpenter, and mastered by Mauricio Iragorri and Steven Baughman of Next Level Mastering. The video for “Skin” was directed by Michael Easterling and Jaala Ruffman of Talkboy TV.
Ships Have Sailed materialized in the waning days of Carpenter’s previous project – a band of which he’d been an integral part ever since he moved to Los Angeles. While Carpenter’s decision to individually focus on new music was daunting, the risk proved to be invigorating and refreshing. Carpenter describes the band’s moniker not as a pessimistic reference to the renowned idiom “that ship has sailed,” but instead a fresh, positive perspective on the unexpected outcomes of unforeseen circumstances. It’s an adage that can be applied to his own life of growing up in poverty in rural Vermont and being kicked out of his home as a teenager. He made ends meet by working as a dishwasher and eventually put himself through college as a security guard on the graveyard shift. And it’s from this period of his life that Carpenter recently reflected on to draw introspective inspiration. Thus, the band’s new series of singles, which began with “Escape” in February, “Stay” in June and continues with “Skin,” express a deeper level of sentiment than ever before. They express a desire to resonate with people who have had similar experiences and emotions.
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Ships Have Sailed released their debut EP Someday in 2013 – a diverse six-song collection which included the singles, “Midnight,” “Clouds” and “Better Off.” Their debut full-length album, Moodwsings, which came out and 2015 was a more cohesive release with grand ambitions. In 2018, Ships Have Sailed released their single, “Let’s Just Dance,” a collaborative effort with songwriter Robert Gillies (X Ambassadors, Bebe Rexha) and producer Wally Gagel (Best Coast, Family of the Year) of recording studio WAX LTD.