Spinning Wheels (Featuring The Visions)
by Grey Watson
-
Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift card
$1 USD or more
-
Full Digital Discography
Get all 10 Grey Watson releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Turkey Man, The Lackluster Resume of an Unfit Suitor, The Witches of New York City, Be Your Man, C'MON!, Bush League Batter, Spinning Wheels (Featuring The Visions), Grey Watson presents Tallulah Bankhead, and 2 more.
Purchasable with gift card$11.25 USD or more (25% OFF)
about
Grey Watson with The Visions mark the end of their collaboration with Spinning Wheels, their final single. After a long stint in Seoul, Korea, Watson relocated to NYC, parting ways with friends and bandmates, The Visions. Spinning Wheels, an existential reflection, laments the feeling of stasis despite effort, and questions whether or not even if one can do something apparently worthwhile, is it actually and would anyone care?— A real classic feeling of hopelessness for the whole family.
It references the myth of Sisyphus and getting one’s car (truck) stuck in the mud.
Here’s a word from Grey (As if he’s not writing the entirety of his own press release):
"So I wrote this really hopeless song because sometimes I feel hopeless, but although the song doesn’t end on a positive note, I will tell you that I have maintained some optimism. Moving to New York has been a real pain in the ass. I’m always broke. It’s awesome. I still love it. So even if my Bronco is stuck in a mud bog and not hauling ass anywhere at all, I can kind of enjoy that. For this reason, Spinning Wheels sounds beautiful—almost like a lullaby, with a string arrangement and pristine production.
I really think you’re gonna like Spinning your Wheels by listening to this track."
It references the myth of Sisyphus and getting one’s car (truck) stuck in the mud.
Here’s a word from Grey (As if he’s not writing the entirety of his own press release):
"So I wrote this really hopeless song because sometimes I feel hopeless, but although the song doesn’t end on a positive note, I will tell you that I have maintained some optimism. Moving to New York has been a real pain in the ass. I’m always broke. It’s awesome. I still love it. So even if my Bronco is stuck in a mud bog and not hauling ass anywhere at all, I can kind of enjoy that. For this reason, Spinning Wheels sounds beautiful—almost like a lullaby, with a string arrangement and pristine production.
I really think you’re gonna like Spinning your Wheels by listening to this track."
lyrics
It feels like I'm spinning wheels
and rolling boulders up the hill
watch them roll back down again
10,000 suns sunk in the ocean
dizzy circling this round about
infinity the dark black wonder
the universe lies in your eyes
generations of mothers mothers
Exhale with the sin
searching for some truth
each day start again
run the spectrum from red to blue
dig into the earth
exhaust her for greed
the waste piles high up to the sky
make my be and there I lie
If I could write a song
with a melody new
that flows like a stream
and laid light like dew
with harmonies lobbed from golden brass
cradled in a bed of strings
sages words from an ancient century
Alexandrian verses of wisdom
would you care, would you listen?
and rolling boulders up the hill
watch them roll back down again
10,000 suns sunk in the ocean
dizzy circling this round about
infinity the dark black wonder
the universe lies in your eyes
generations of mothers mothers
Exhale with the sin
searching for some truth
each day start again
run the spectrum from red to blue
dig into the earth
exhaust her for greed
the waste piles high up to the sky
make my be and there I lie
If I could write a song
with a melody new
that flows like a stream
and laid light like dew
with harmonies lobbed from golden brass
cradled in a bed of strings
sages words from an ancient century
Alexandrian verses of wisdom
would you care, would you listen?
credits
released July 25, 2019
Recorded and mixed by BA Wheeler
Written by Grey Watson
Guitars and keyboards by Ethan Waddell and Grey Watson
Bass by John Wade
Strings by George Durham
Drums by BA Wheeler
Vocals by Grey Watson
Recorded and mixed by BA Wheeler
Written by Grey Watson
Guitars and keyboards by Ethan Waddell and Grey Watson
Bass by John Wade
Strings by George Durham
Drums by BA Wheeler
Vocals by Grey Watson
license
tags
about
Grey Watson Brooklyn, New York
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks, slow movin trains and rain.
- Tom T. Hall
discography
-
Nov 2023 -
Feb 2022 -
Feb 2021 -
Dec 2020 -
Oct 2020 -
Oct 2021 -
Jul 2019 -
Mar 2018 -
Feb 2018 -
Jan 2018
contact / help
If you like Grey Watson, you may also like:
-
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave AlvinSoulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
go to album -
Fear of Frying
by Eggs Over EasyIn honor of the band’s 50th Anniversary, Yep Roc have reissued the 1980 album by pub rock pioneers Eggs Over Easy.
go to album -
Move To The Trees
by Winter McQuinnWinter McQuinn mixes soft rock and psychedelic folk for a sound reminiscent of classic pop purveyors like Cut Worms and the Lemon Twigs.
go to album -
Echo Dancing
by Alejandro EscovedoThe legendary Alejandro Escovedo returns with another country-rock scorcher.
go to album -
Spare bedroom folk songs from this North Carolina musician that evoke a host of emotions with lovely, tender melodies.
go to album -
Play It On The Tannoys
by Stranger The HorseRich and carefully-sculpted songs that cross-wire country and roots music with jazz, samba, and more.
go to album -
24th Street Blues
by Tom HeymanTom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance.
go to album
