The squeaky wheel gets the grease, right? Or, I guess, the unliked mix gets the redo, in this instance. Boundaries released “Skies Cast Amber Black” a couple weeks ago to quite the bit of criticism from fans, who for whatever reason weren’t feeling the track’s original mix, which was done by Drew Fulk. The band’s vocalist Matt McDougal has been engaging in the discourse online since it all started, and now he’s back with a new mix and new commentary. Listen to it below, as well as on streaming services.
Here’s what McDougal had to say about this hot, fresh off the press-ass mix:
“Hey guys, i’ll try to keep this as brief as possible. The connection we have with people who listen to us has always been at the forefront of our intentions behind what we make. We love you guys and everyone who has ever bought a shirt or sang a lyric at a show or just listened at home, ultimately this doesn’t work without either of us, its 50% us 50% you in a weird type of way. Obviously we’ve seen how all over the place the reaction to the latest song mix has been.
“When we reached the finish line for turning in this latest song we had two mixes we were in love with and we were going back and forth over and over on which to put out. We felt the one that came out was something we identified with and love the sound of and are still completely willing to stay with. That being said there was the other mix that didn’t make the cut. We loved it just as much to the point where i was sending both to friends and asking them to pick one because we just couldn’t.
“In this thread i am putting the other mix, do you guys like this one more because we loved both and could be happy with either, especially if one makes our listeners happier, in a way that might make us like it even more. Just to be clear its the one that’s out or this one, there are no other versions we liked and we don’t want to bring this to anyone else to mix, that’s not fair to who we made this music with. I know this is a unique situation we’ve found ourselves in but we did not want to ignore how gentle and loving a lot of the reactions were to what we put out.
“It seemed to really come from the hearts of people this band means a lot to, that liked the song and wished they could like it even more. And also its obviously completely fine to not like either mix i’m not looking for people to feel like they need to say one is better to them, this is just such a specific situation where we happened to have two mixes we really liked haha. Anyways thanks for your time and continued support, ya’ll are our world. Also idk how to make posts with links in them and stuff so i just did my best.
“Truly and absolutely from my heart thank you guys for everything. From your patience to your feedback to the respect you’ve given us by being so flexible and kind. I’m hopeful i didn’t piss off anyone at our new label by doing this but i think in a very grand and obvious way it was worth it. That being said I think the next move is take this mix going forward.
“On monday i’ll reach out to the necessary people about getting the one posted in here to replace anything that is out now, so you all can listen on streaming services and youtube and what have you. As far as any unreleased stuff that may or may not also exist it will also have this mix. This song and all songs to come from the release it is part of are dedicated to our dear friend Dave Shapiro. We miss you every day Dave. I wish we got to give back to you all that you gave us. Have a good night friends. I’ll see you on tour in a few weeks. <3”
Spotify still lists Fulk as the grand mixer of the single, so I imagine he still had a lot to do with this sorta remix? I don’t know, what do y’all think?