Aaron Skiles 'Whistle Past The Grave'

Whistle Past The Grave

Aaron Skiles

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Produced by Aaron Skiles and Ben Bernstein // Aaron Skiles: vocals, guitars, bass, piano, keys, percussion |Ben Bernstein: drums, percussion, backing vocals, guitars, keys, bass | Taylor Hollingsworth: lead guitar| Rebecca Skiles: vocals | Alex Hillmer: lead guitar on "Before Before"|Dermot Erwin: lead guitar, guitars on "Ain't Been Luck"| David

Produced by Aaron Skiles and Ben Bernstein // Aaron Skiles: vocals, guitars, bass, piano, keys, percussion |Ben Bernstein: drums, percussion, backing vocals, guitars, keys, bass | Taylor Hollingsworth: lead guitar| Rebecca Skiles: vocals | Alex Hillmer: lead guitar on "Before Before"|Dermot Erwin: lead guitar, guitars on "Ain't Been Luck"| David Rabkin: drums on "Ain't Been Luck"// Recorded at Petting Zoo Studio, Oakland, CA |“Ain’t Been Luck” recorded at Tiny Telephone, Oakland, CA | Mixed at Tiny Telephone, Oakland, CA//Engineered by Ben Bernstein, www.benbernsteinmusic.com |“Ain’t Been Luck” Engineered by Colin Christian |Mixed / Mastered by Colin Christian, www.wiresandnoise.com

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    Don't Take it From Me 1:58
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    Rubber Raft 3:57
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    About You 1:40
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    Ain't Been Luck 3:25
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    Before Before 1:55
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    Bad For You 3:21
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Aaron Skiles

You may recognize Aaron Skiles’ name from the Bay Area-based band, Bourbon Therapy.  The indie rock/alt-country band was fronted by Skiles and his wife Rebecca and released one full-length album, two EPs, and 12 singles before calling it quits during the pandemic after five years as an active band.  “No one’s fault,” Skiles reassures. “We couldn’t play any shows so two members moved out of town to make a go in another city.  I doubled down on my writing and realized these songs sounded more like Social Distortion or Weezer rather than the mellow ballads of Bourbon Therapy, so it was time to give the solo thing a try.”

Skiles reached out to fellow musician and friend, Matt Patton, bassist of the Drive-By Truckers, to co-write Skiles’s 2022 solo album, Wreckage From The Fire. With Patton’s help gathering a team of incredibly talented musicians including Jay Gonzalez (Drive-By Truckers) on keys, Taylor Hollingsworth (Dead Fingers) on lead guitar, and AJ Haynes (Seratones) on backing vocals, Skiles released his most critically acclaimed album yet. Wreckage received recognition as #20 Album of the Year (Americana Highways) and Honorable Mention, Indie Record of the Year (Daily Vault).

Skiles’s upcoming album, Whistle Past The Grave, follows a similar raw, rocking tone as his previous release. It again features the incredible lead guitar work of Taylor Hollingsworth along with an assortment of other talented musicians. The record is a fast-paced tour of introspective songs taking on themes of justice, or the lack thereof, in the way that one lives their life. Anita Joyce (The Rocking Magpie) describes Skiles’s sound as “Californian surf-infused indie 90’s rock with a high tide of punk lapping in,” and Whistle Past The Grave clearly follows suit.