They don't kick off much more fiercely than this lead single from Toronto punks Greys, taken from their debut album 'If Anything', out on June 16 via Carpark Records.
'Guy Picciotto' is a full-on noise assault which quickly races into a driving sing-song that recreates the familiar-to-millions moment of life-altering inspiration and identification with idols like the titular Fugazi guitarist. Shehzaad Jiwani and Cam Graham’s guitars propel the song skyward as Jiwani yells wistfully, “There goes my hero/He plays the same guitar as me/When I see him flying right off the stage/I want to be like him every day in every way.”
The band was formed in 2011 over a mutual appreciation for huge guitars and mathy rhythms, and now after three EPs in as many years (2011’s Ultra Sorta, 2012’s Easy Listening and 2013’s Drift) comes their first full-length.
Emerging from the vibrant Toronto punk scene, Greys are economical in their swift punches of noise, anchoring short bursts of mania with huge choruses. “Each song exists in its own space and represents different aspects of the things we like about noisy, dissonant music,” says singer/guitarist Shehzaad Jiwani. “But instead of being built solely around riffs, they were built with hooks in mind, too.”
The 35-minute LP pulses with a manic urgency, and was written over the course of last summer.
TRACKLISTING
1. Guy Picciotto
2. Use Your Delusion
3. Flip Yr Lid
4. Adderall
5. Pretty Grim
6. Chick Singer
7. Girl In Landscape
8. Brain Dead
9. Cold Soak
10. Brief Lives
11. Lull
Coming to the end of a North American tour, the final two Greys dates are:
April 06 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern (w/ Cloud Nothings)
April 10 St Catharines, ON @ Detour Music Hall (w/ Solids)
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