- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Grace Basement
Album: Gunmetal Gray
Label: Undertow
Playtime: 38:39 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/gracebasement
Rip date: 2009-10-26
Street date: 2009-10-27
Size: 53.22 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 184 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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St. LouisÆ Grace Basement returns with their latest effort, Gunmetal Gray.
Led by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Kevin Buckley, Gunmetal Gray
restates BuckleyÆs knack for creating intensely crafted power pop anthems.
Each song is a portrait of KevinÆs 15-year music career playing Irish fiddle,
producing records, backing country singers and playing in punk bands. Lifting
melodies immersed in harmony, guitar, trumpet, violin, and even uilleann
pipes are featured throughout the record. Think a more land-locked Pet
Sounds. From the dissonant strings and lush harmonies of the opener ôThere He
Goes,ö to the dance hall influenced melody of ôTilly Lingers,ö the record is
a synthesis of marking new musical teritory from the musical backdrop of
BuckleyÆs rich musical cache.
Gunmetal Gray also marks the first official æbandÆ recording for Grace
Basement. With a line up that includes friends, Ben Phillips, Sean Price and
Mike Zapf the musicians help propel the songs with a new sense of urgency and
focus.
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01. There He Goes ( 3:32)
02. Tilly Lingers ( 3:18)
03. Back of the Moon ( 2:57)
04. Bad Design ( 2:37)
05. Why Would I Wait for Another? ( 7:04)
06. Warships ( 4:02)
07. On Your Side (Soldier's Song) ( 2:08)
08. Highway ( 3:18)
09. Golden Bell ( 4:56)
10. Land of Endless Change ( 4:47)
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