Bolton’s Yon Mon has never been one to play it straight, and Grey Skies only sharpens that reputation. Fresh from being crowned Bolton FM’s Number 1 Solo Artist, this new single feels less like a victory lap and more like a warning flare — unsettling, observant, and defiant.
The track marks the first release from a forthcoming collaborative EP with Barry Fisher (aka Bazza Trash) of Scottish alt rockers Box Of Trash, and the partnership immediately bears fruit. Sonically, Grey Skies sits in a murky space where post-punk unease meets lo-fi psychedelia, with a sense of tension that never fully resolves. It’s the sound of something brewing above your head, quite literally.
From its opening seconds, Grey Skies sets its stall out with quiet menace. The track eases in under a haze of guitar noise that feels unsettled rather than inviting — a slow, overcast crawl that mirrors the song’s themes before a word is even sung. It’s an opening that demands attention.
Barry’s guitar work is central to Grey Skies’ soundscape. There’s a deliberately untreated, almost corroded tone to them — wiry, brittle, and hypnotic — creating a sense of constant low-level anxiety.
On the surface, the song nods toward conspiracy theories around geoengineering, cloud seeding, and weather manipulation by governments and global organisations. But listen closer and the lyrics tell a subtler, more unsettling story. This isn’t tinfoil-hat ranting; it’s about control, misinformation, and the creeping feeling that truth is constantly obscured — much like the skies Yon Mon sings about.
Vocally, Yon Mon delivers with a detached, almost resigned calm, which makes the message hit harder. There’s no shouting, no hysteria — just a measured voice cutting through the fog.
Grey Skies doesn’t offer answers, and it doesn’t need to. It thrives on discomfort, on questions left hanging in the air. It’s a track that lingers long after the final note, not because it shouts the loudest, but because it refuses to explain itself. In an era of blurred truths, algorithm-fed narratives and manufactured consent, Yon Mon turns paranoia into poetry and suspicion into sound. If this single is any indication, the forthcoming EP won’t just soundtrack unease — it will provoke it. The skies may be grey, but Yon Mon’s vision is razor sharp, and he’s only just getting started.
Grey Skies is released on Friday 23rd January
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