All songs composed by Jeff MacKey except “Points on a line” and “Misgiving” by Jeff MacKey, Daniel Johnson, Miles Williams & Joel Hughes and “Degeneration” by Daniel Johnson & Jeff MacKey.
Recorded and produced by Writ on Water
Mastered by Paolo Licciardi
Cover photography by Nikki Johnson, Naomi Love and John Fowler
Art direction by Brian Hasselbeck
Jeff MacKey: vocals, guitars, bass, piano, programming
Daniel Johnson: bass, guitars, piano, vocal atmospheres
Matt Akery: drums
Philip Keller: euphonium
Graham Dickey: trombone, trumpet
Nikki Johnson: vocals
Philip Keller & Graham Dickey appear courtesy of the Collection
Writ on Water's third full-length album, “The Greyest Day,” is available from iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, Spotify and more. Originally slated as the follow-up to “Sylph” in 1994, the project ultimately took two decades—during which time an album and three EPs were released—before coming to fruition. Jeff MacKey and Daniel Johnson are joined by drummer Matt Akery along with a guest appearance by Philip Keller and Graham Dickey of the Collection.
- November 2014 - Opus
From the poetic lyrics to Jeff MacKey’s baritone, from the driving, Cure-ish basslines to the shimmering guitar atmospherics, Writ on Water continues to sound like a band out of time — a band that would feel more at home in the heady days of 4AD, Hyperium, and even Factory…on tracks like “To a Castle Is Fallen,” “Piano,” the epic “Held Close, Beneath the Surface,” and “Points on a Line” (which sounds like Lycia covering a Motorcycle-era Daniel Amos b-side), it’s definitely beguiling.
- February 2015 - Down the Line Magazine
The music goes through several different moods, from the pounding and swirling “Points on a Line” to the almost techno/dubbishly moody “Wicker” to the gothic alt rock of “Withdrawn” to the darkly ambient “Degeneration.” However, this is still Writ on Water, and fans of Sylph and A Wingless King will feel right at home with this album.