DaysEye emerges with a bold, blistering cry for help and healing. They may be a bunch of songs away from that, but this newest single, "Signals," is an experience that hooks you from the opening note and doesn't release you. Driven by the raw, intense passion of vocalist and conceptualist Travis Schooler, DaysEye shows that vulnerability and power can exist in the same space and still be beautiful. "Signals" is a storm of sound, dense with grimy guitars churning and pummelling through, relentless drums, and eerie melodies, reflecting back the internal chaos of someone doing battle against their demons. It doesn't sugarcoat the struggle. Instead, it faces it right in the mirror.
"Signals," at its root, is about psychological warfare, the kind that nobody witnesses but a lot of people feel every day. The lyrics, not quoted here, are stripped-bare honest and articulate the pain addiction, anxiety, and the desire to escape it all can cause, so often, but too seldom gently, hidden. The track's chorus is an open wound and a war cry, a grasping cry of clarity when everything inside screams. The searing shifts back and forth from silent introspection to full-throttle catharsis parallel the emotional rollercoaster of someone fighting through trauma. Schooler exudes into the microphone, the pain transformed into something strangely empowering.
DaysEye has been a movement, a sound for the broken and the healing. With "Signals," DaysEye has channeled the sensation of being yanked in all directions by your own mind yet still clinging to the hope that there's a way through to some kind of clarity. Classic Nu-metal or alternative rock fans will appreciate this, and it is a track for anyone who's ever felt lost in their own head. "Signals" don't provide simple solutions, but they do provide solidarity, and sometimes that's what we need to hear the most. Whether you want to bang your head or hold back your tears, "Signals" will make its mark.