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David Gray

New album, Draw The Line coming this September




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Member Since10/31/2005
Band Websitewww.davidgray.com
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Record LabelPolydor /Mercer Street Records
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 9 2009 7:00P
HMV Hammersmith Apollo London
Dec 11 2009 7:00P
The Sage Gateshead
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
HMV Picture House Edinburgh
Dec 13 2009 7:30P
02 Academy Leeds
Dec 15 2009 8:00P
The Symphony Hall Birmingham
Dec 16 2009 7:30P
Colston Hall Bristol
Dec 18 2009 7:30P
Manchester Apollo Manchester
Dec 19 2009 6:30P
The 02 w/ Regina Spektor Dublin
Dec 31 2009 8:00P
Caesars Atlantic City Atlantic City, New Jersey
Jan 2 2010 8:00P
The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Windsor, Ontario
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Sentrum Scene Oslo, Oslo
Feb 3 2010 8:00P
Vredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht
Feb 4 2010 8:00P
Ancienne Belgique Brussels
Feb 7 2010 8:00P
X-tra Limmathaus Zurich, Zurich

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   About David Gray


David Gray is not one to rest on his laurels; 12 million album sales, the best selling album in Ireland ever with ‘White Ladder’, a BAFTA nomination for his soundtrack work on Amma Assante’s 2004 film ‘A Way Of Life’. Two Ivor Novellos, a Q award, two Brit nominations, and a Grammy nomination.

Those laurels, in fact, might not be an actual pain in the arse, but they certainly make him fidget.

“I didn’t have a masterplan but I knew that I was gonna make some wholesale changes at the end of making ‘Life In Slow Motion’,” the singer-songwriter says of his 2005, No.1 (seventh) studio album.

“I’d had a really good run, I’d built a band with some great people. But the creative spark that had been there, that [1998’s] ‘White Ladder’ was born out of, was sort of gone. I just felt there was a need for some new energy and a new impetus to the whole thing. I was hungry.”

“I wrote ‘Draw The Line’ in June 2007,” he recalls of the song that gives his new album its title and the song, which lit the touch paper for the rest of the album.

Over the next two years Gray kept up that standard. New songs galore ‘lurched’ from his fingers, featuring guest vocal turns from Jolie Holland and Annie Lennox. ‘Draw The Line’ is the sound of an artist turning his lens, his camera, his vision outwards, providing an extrospective take on the world.

“I’d been very introspective for whatever reason,” he admits. “Partly success, partly things that happened in my life around the time of ‘White Ladder’. I guess as a singer-songwriter you’re gonna have a little bit of that anyway in your makeup. My previous records were inward most of the time. But suddenly with the song ‘Draw The Line’ I’d kicked the front door down and I was outside. The world was my oyster: that’s what I felt as a writer.”

Pitching up in his studio of The Church, Gray set to work on his self- produced record, with esteemed assistance from his band. ‘Stella The Artist’ was an early favourite, a punchy song with an almost Glitter Band-ish intro.

“It’s fun basically,” says Gray. “It just became this wall of sound. And the lyrics are pretty much the first things that came into my head. It’s me singing to the muse. ‘Stella’ is the giver of wherever all this stuff comes from.”

She was prolific that week. Gray wrote three other songs in a matter of days. One of them, ‘Fugitive’, would become the album’s lead single. It’s built around nape-prickling piano and electric guitar, and soaring contribution from a gospel choir.

“I’ve been a fugitive from life, I’ve been hiding in my bubble. And I had this image of Saddam Hussein being pulled out a hole in the ground. That’s where the “mud streaked fugitive” line came from. It’s about hiding from life, from yourself. It’s saying: don’t forsake it all because there’s something keeping you upright and keeping you walking down the street. And that force was coming flying out of me.”

The songs kept flowing and for ‘Kathleen’ he had plans of a collaboration. American singer-songwriter Jolie Holland had supported him in the US, and he realized she was the perfect backing vocalist for what he had in mind. “On the tree of American music she is a rare thing these days,” he enthuses. “Utterly authentic, a natural, she sounds like she could have been singing in the 1930s with Blind Willie McTell. She’s got the blues in her blood.”

For the album’s epic finale, ‘Full Steam Ahead’, Gray also had big vocal ideas. Initially he thought the ‘Righteous Brothers-style’ song needed another male vocal. Chris Isaak was top of his list.

“It’s a song with quite dark sentiments. I see it as a broad political thing, I think of the line from TS Eliot, ‘a patient etherised upon a table’, that’s the state we’re in as a collective mass. We’re just sedated, talking shit. We’re so disconnected from the guts of life most of the time. But it would have sunk under its own worthy weight with another male singer singing with me,” he laughs. “When I was demoing it with my own voice it was like two bullocks braying in a field – too testosterone!”

Enter Annie Lennox. “She has the presence and that little bit of bite. She’s got enough attitude that she could carry the lines off with some real presence. She’s got a tough voice. But when she came in not only did she bring that but she brought this joyous, pop energy – she lifted the song and gave us the chorus we were asking for.”

‘Draw The Line’ is the warm, fresh, organic sound of David Gray in a new, revitalised light. He had all the success in the world, and more, but he was hungry for more – not more success, but more feeling. More heart. More soul. More songs. More life. The formula had become a stale and worn one.

“Hunger is a very accurate appraisal for how I feel,” he says. “I got to say things as a writer that I’ve obviously been dying to say for years. Songs like ‘Nemesis’, ‘First Chance’ and ‘Draw The Line’ were so liberating. Images and ideas just flowing out and a bit of humour as well, and a bit of caustic soda ground in there too. A bit of spice to the whole thing. The camera was suddenly panning everywhere. It was just a wonderful feeling. I just feel very, very alive. That’s the feeling that’s in ‘Draw The Line’.”









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HeetheNizer

HeetheNizer



Dec 11 2009 1:38 AM

march 30th,,, the benedum center, pittsburgh ,pa. believe it!!!! i,d love for me n my wife n daughter to meet you david,, that would be so awesome,,,
Dolores

Dolores



Dec 10 2009 7:13 PM

Nice to meet you! Enjoyed watching you on C4 recently...and also the Crouch end studios looks very cool. If you ever need some female vocals drop me a PM. Hope you like my voice. Dolores
michael metcalfe

michael metcalfe



Dec 10 2009 6:07 PM

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Dec 10 2009 8:23 AM

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Dec 10 2009 3:38 AM

Hey, what's up?? I hope you like the tunes we have posted from our new EP! Let us know what you think, or just drop by and say hi! :-)
Mournin Sky

Mournin Sky



Dec 9 2009 11:50 PM

we know every band say the same old things
come check us out we are fantastic blah blah
all we ask is you play the first song and we promise
you,ll wanna hear the rest on are player
we are mournin sky from liverpool england
so please come and hear our music
and who know you might just fall in love

happy hoildays
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Hey Battlefield

Hey Battlefield



Dec 9 2009 7:29 PM

Hey Hey Hey Battlefield!
We are playing with Lake Trout and Cruel Black Dove!

Date:
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston Street
New York, NY
Joe Diton

Joe Diton



Dec 9 2009 7:02 PM

Hey,
I love your music
you've inspired me to write and record my own music.
If you get a chance, check out my profile
Keep up the good work
Joe Diton
LODGE

LODGE



Dec 9 2009 1:47 PM

Hey David...
Great songs !!
Best regards LODGE- Peter
Plexus

Plexus



Dec 9 2009 6:17 AM

Hey, great music. Love your influences. Actually, our band sounds nothing like yours, but we've always enjoyed your music. Anyway, just thought we'd drop by and give you props- Plexus
The Spanish Caravan

The Spanish Caravan



Dec 8 2009 9:37 PM

Peace & Love, from Music City!
patrick k

patrick  k



Dec 8 2009 4:21 AM

Hi thanks for the add on your page hope you get time to listen to my songs and maybe leave a comment .. I have STRANGE TOWN my debut album on itunes at last.. be great to get your support..Thanks AGAIN .. i hope your well and i wish you well ........................PATRICK K

Sugarpop Records

Sugarpop Records



Dec 8 2009 1:47 AM

MTV called Air Traffic Controller one of Boston best bands and yes, the album is finally out!!! Check it and love it. Jason Mraz meets All-American Rejects. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-one/id331949657
Tammy

Tammy Dove



Dec 8 2009 1:02 AM

Just bought 3 tix to your Durham NC concert in April, I'm sooo flippin stoked!!! WOOT WOOT!!
A.E.

A.E.



Dec 7 2009 1:56 PM

Thanks For the Friendship !! Great Work Here

//Adrienne Elizabeth Music
Mack

Mack Soyer



Dec 6 2009 8:17 PM

thank you for adding me
Jenn

Jenniffer McNeal



Dec 6 2009 5:16 AM

my goal for 2010 is to see you play live.
come to the states and play around ohio. :]
Laura Taylor Whitfield

Laura Taylor Whitfield



Dec 6 2009 12:30 AM

yep ! all happening dear fellow..wisdom tine is sadly awesome..
stay safe and well.carry on..happy holidays David!
happy everything..
laura taylor whitfield
Hey Battlefield

Hey Battlefield



Dec 5 2009 3:56 PM

Hey Hey Hey Battlefield has a new song up on our page!
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~Hottie..Get Busy Livin Or Get Busy Dyin~

~Hottie..Get Busy Livin Or Get Busy Dyin~



Dec 5 2009 5:54 AM

~Truly enjoyed your performance at the Nascar Awards Banquet~
Billythekid

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Dec 4 2009 8:47 PM

brother i went to your show at the raddison in sacramento what happend??
João Miguel Valencise

João Miguel Valencise



Dec 4 2009 12:36 PM

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Ryan Desjardins



Dec 3 2009 9:32 PM

Who is opening for David Gray's tour this 2009/2010 season? Aqualung was great... I wouldn't mind seeing them again!!! I'm pumped :)
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