Wanderers is a musical manifestation of self therapy. A solo project of former Haste the Day guitar player Scotty Whelan, Wanderers is a form of catharsis. Dealing with and fighting through daily transitions, fears, and worries of growing up and being young.
Wanderers is one of those type of projects that starts in your head and does not actually manifest itself for years and is long over due to say the least. It All Gets in the Way is my "debut" record (I hate the word debut but alas...) and includes personal memoir type tracks, some of which i wrote while touring three years ago, and some i wrote in my house a couple weeks before recording. For me music has always been a way of dealing with life in a way that makes sense to me when little else seems to, and in a time of my life when my career in the industry and on the road came to a close I felt music had turned it's back on me. During this transition I began to view everything in life as a stumbling block, when at one point all lights were green and roads were open (literally) to pursuing music, they had now all become harsh realities and closing doors . This album is the sound of fighting through these thoughts and transitions and getting it all out of the way. Whether it be money, schedules, locations, relationships, jobs or laziness, there always seems to be that phone call to interrupt you, that new apartment you need to find, that debt you need to figure out how to climb out of, the seemingly endless pursuit of a balance between your survival, your happiness, your success and your dreams.
It All Gets in the Way is a manic-depressive type record, exclaiming your gloomiest of days as well as your sunniest victories, with little in between. It is one extreme or the other and I think that is transparently portrayed through the style and flow of the songs as well as the lyrics.
Early twenties, mid twenties, quarter life crisis, thirty somethings, mid life crisis, whatever it may be, I like to think of this project, and music in general as a powerful form of therapy and slowly, painfully, passionately, joyfully, and sorrowfully climbing yourself out of your darkest to achieve the sun you know is there you just don't always see.
It's music, check it out.
Wanderers is one of those type of projects that starts in your head and does not actually manifest itself for years and is long over due to say the least. It All Gets in the Way is my "debut" record (I hate the word debut but alas...) and includes personal memoir type tracks, some of which i wrote while touring three years ago, and some i wrote in my house a couple weeks before recording. For me music has always been a way of dealing with life in a way that makes sense to me when little else seems to, and in a time of my life when my career in the industry and on the road came to a close I felt music had turned it's back on me. During this transition I began to view everything in life as a stumbling block, when at one point all lights were green and roads were open (literally) to pursuing music, they had now all become harsh realities and closing doors . This album is the sound of fighting through these thoughts and transitions and getting it all out of the way. Whether it be money, schedules, locations, relationships, jobs or laziness, there always seems to be that phone call to interrupt you, that new apartment you need to find, that debt you need to figure out how to climb out of, the seemingly endless pursuit of a balance between your survival, your happiness, your success and your dreams.
It All Gets in the Way is a manic-depressive type record, exclaiming your gloomiest of days as well as your sunniest victories, with little in between. It is one extreme or the other and I think that is transparently portrayed through the style and flow of the songs as well as the lyrics.
Early twenties, mid twenties, quarter life crisis, thirty somethings, mid life crisis, whatever it may be, I like to think of this project, and music in general as a powerful form of therapy and slowly, painfully, passionately, joyfully, and sorrowfully climbing yourself out of your darkest to achieve the sun you know is there you just don't always see.
It's music, check it out.