Chester Bennington’s son Jaime Bennington directs music video for new Grey Daze single “Soul Song”

Chester Bennington’s son Jaime Bennington directs music video for new Grey Daze single “Soul Song”

15th May 2020 0 By John Deaux

Grey Daze, the Phoenix-based rock band that birthed one of the most recognizable voices in modern rock music, Chester Bennington, have released a fourth single, ā€œSoul Song,ā€ and an accompanying video, which was directed by Benningtonā€™s son, Jaime.

Listen here: https://found.ee/GD_SS

ā€œHaving Jaime involved in the recording of ā€˜Soul Songā€™ meant so much to all of us,ā€ explains Grey Daze co-founder and drummer Sean Dowdell. ā€œIt was one of those full circle moments where we remembered meeting Chester at an even younger age than Jaime, and to now be recording with his sonā€¦ it was a highlight of recording Amends. Jamie is a burgeoning filmmaker so when he offered to do this video, well, we couldnā€™t think of a better way to present this song.ā€

Jaime Bennington explained his vision for the video: ā€œThis music video is about my spiritual connection to the other side and my literal experiences with the elusive and, at times, incomprehensible presence of my father after death. ā€™Soul Songā€™ is about the many ways in which we come to enlightenment, into knowledge, and the many ways we fall away from it. This is my personal experience with that.ā€

ā€œSoul Songā€ is the fourth single to be released from the forthcoming album, Amends (June 26, Loma Vista Recordings). Grey Daze has previously released: ā€œSometimesā€ (a music video for the track became all the more relevant with stay-at-home orders, with the song inspiring hope amidst feelings of isolation and sadness), alongside ā€œSicknessā€ and ā€œWhatā€™s In The Eyeā€. An eight-part video series titled ā€œMaking Amendsā€ takes fans behind-the-scenes into the making of the 11-song album.

Amends is the origin story of one of modern rockā€™s most recognizable voices and also a full circle moment among friends. The album is the fulfillment of a planned Grey Daze reunion that Chester had announced prior to his untimely passing. The remaining band members ā€“ Dowdell, Mace Beyers (bass) and Cristin Davis (guitar) ā€“ along with Talinda Bennington (Chesterā€™s widow) and his parents, made it their mission to see the project through with assistance from Tom Whalley, the founder of Loma Vista Recordings and former Warner Bros. Records Chairman during Linkin Parkā€™s tenure at the label. Dowdell, Beyers and Davis selected the tracks from the bandā€™s mid-90s, but largely unknown, catalog and re-recorded the music in 2019 to accompany Chesterā€™s re-mastered vocals. Produced by Jay Baumgardner, several musicians leant their time and talent to the album, including Kornā€™s Brian ā€œHeadā€ Welch and James ā€œMunkyā€ Shaffer, Page Hamilton (Helmet), Chris Traynor (Bush, Helmet, Orange 9MM), LP (Laura Pergolizzi), Jaime Bennington, Jasen Rauch (Breaking Benjamin), Marcos Curiel (P.O.D.) and Ryan Shuck (Orgy).

Amends is available in a variety of collectible formats with several iterations available exclusively via the bandā€™s website (https://found.ee/GD_AmendsStore). The CD comes as a 16-page case-bound book; a first pressing, ruby red vinyl variant exclusive to the bandā€™s webstore; and a numbered deluxe edition featuring both a CD and LP, which includes the first ever disc tray designed for vinyl, a 60-page book with never-before-seen photos, 180g red and white splattered vinyl, and a collectible set of band memorabilia dubbed the ā€œGrey Daze Archive.ā€ Digital and other standard versions of the album are available here: https://found.ee/GD_Amends. Pre-orders include instant downloads of ā€œWhatā€™s In The Eye,ā€ ā€œSickness,ā€ ā€œSometimesā€ and ā€œSoul Song.ā€

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