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Collapsing Star

by Chris Robley

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"The science is way off," says Maine-based songwriter Chris Robley of his new single 'Collapsing Star,' musing on how pop music is rife with mixed metaphors and factual inaccuracies. ""In this song a giant sun steadily dims and shrinks; I think stars actually get big and bright before they finally collapse, but I chose sentiment over science."

Robley, whose previous album saw him "at the top of his game" (KCRW), has been releasing a series of singles over the past year, the latest of which is a song about the promise of devotion in the face of aging. It’s a Bowie by-way-of Death Cab sprawl, both epic and ultimately tender, the music patiently shrinking under its own slow gravity.

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With your hollow alcoholic eyes
and your sad sense of spent allure,
and how the better half of you will hide
behind all the small things you never were

you're like a starlet of the silver screen
who's burdened by her beauty
and by everything it's gonna mean for us
when it goes away

Now that our collapsing star
shines a little less bright
Now that our collapsing star
gives off a little less light
I can feel you in the dark tonight
You're all right, You're all right

Now you holler at the falling skies
but you still bring this child to life
We've gotten older and we're none more wise
but you still bring this child to life

You know I promised you I'd care about
making sure that we can do the things
you were never allowed to do
in your younger days

Now that our collapsing star
shines a little less bright
Now that our collapsing star
gives off a little less light
I can feel you in the dark tonight
You're all right, You're all right

Now that our collapsing star
shines a little less bright
Now that our collapsing star
gives off a little less light
I can feel you in the dark tonight
You're all right, You're all right
You're all right, You're all right
You're all right, You're all right
You're all right, You're all right
You're all right, You're all right
You're all right, You're all right

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released April 6, 2018
Recorded at Secret Society and Mysyerious Beard Studios in Portland, Oregon.

Engineered and mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman.

Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph.

Performed by: Arthur Parker (synth bass), Daniel Adlaf (keys and synth), John Stewart (drums), and Chris Robley (voice, guitars, glockenspiel).

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Chris Robley Lewiston, Maine

"Chris Robley is at the top of his game with his new work." - KCRW

Maine-based singer/songwriter and award-winning poet Chris Robley (formerly from Portland, Oregon) performs orchestral indie-pop and fractured folk reminiscent of John Lennon, John Vanderslice, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Henry.

His poetry has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and many other journals. ... more

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