Douglas Dunbar (vox, guitar, bass) & William Weaver (guitar, bass, keys, programming)
Influences
Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, All American Rejects, Arcade Fire, The Cure, U2, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, The Shins, Keane, Porcupine Tree.
Sounds Like
Britpop + Folk + Singer/Songwriter styling, with just a kiss of New Wave.
Myspace 2.0 Layouts - Graphics
The Grayscale story begins with Douglas finding William through the murky soup of the Internet. They also found that they shared influences ranging from Coldplay, to Snow Patrol, to The Cure. They began collaborating and formed Grayscale in 2005. They rapidly assembled a catalog of alternapop gems-in-the-rough that would become their debut album, "That Flawless Flashing Day."
"Flawless" became a fixture of indie Internet radio, fueled by the tracks "So Credulous I'm Blind," "A Summer Washed Away," and "I'm Stuck with Me."
In 2009, Grayscale completed their follow-up album "Haunted Hours." "Haunted Hours" is currently enjoying broad pre-release Internet radio support, with an eye towards a September release.
Effortlessly fusing modern rock, American folk, and Britpop, their combined talents generate music that impressionistically explores the lush and beautiful landscape of human emotions.
What They Say:
"Avoiding the trap of overblown arrangements requires a great deal of restraint in these days when the modern recordist carts about complete symphony orchestras to the coffee shop in his laptop. With lush, layered arrangements that still play to the ear as clean and simple, Grayscale dances past that trap with That Flawless Flashing Day, their self-produced frosh outing. With all the requisite hooks and beats in all the right places, the 13 cuts of pop-goodness that this studio sense is applied to come across with a Brit-pop sweetness tempered by an occasional dollop of darkness. Durn good alternapop from this Cleveland duo!"
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Hey, I just wanted to stop by to show you three of our new songs, "Turn Me On," "Almost Famous" and "She's Got It." If you get a chance, we'd love to hear what you think about the music. .. Also, you can now buy thew newest iPhonic songs on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, Napster, and eMusic. Two of the songs ("It's Okay" and "Turn Me On") have never even been released yet! Also, if you get a chance check out the pictures from our recent photo shoot!
There is currently a search for two types of bands for record label consideration.
*** Note: PLEASE IDENTIFY IF YOU ARE IN GROUP 1 OR 2 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR RESPONSE. Emails are being reviewed by different representatives.
1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
2. A Modern Rock band with male lead. Must be a complete band but there are no prerequisites as it relates to the make up of the band. Average age of the band cannot exceed 23 years of age.
* Group must have an outstanding lead vocalist. ** Musicianship throughout the entire band must be very strong. *** Group cannot currently be under any contract of any type that is related to the music industry.
XXX - If you meet the minimum qualifications as described above. Email a link for your MySpace Page and if applicable, a link for your website to: recordingartistsearch@gmail.com
Only send one email with your links. Due to the volume of responses normally received for these types of opportunities. After review of your material, you will only be contacted if there is an interest in attending one of your shows by a label representative. As such please to not send any follow up emails regarding selections. If you were not contacted back, there was not an interest.
Thank You.
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I would really appreicate it if you join my mailing list on reverbnation. Its the best way to get all the new updates on shows, music, merch, etc. Thanks you're the best!
Forget about downloading our music on itunes etc... we've got something even MORE exciting.
You can now actually OWN a piece of the band. Instead of buying our cd right now - you can be a shareholder in our next one. It's a brilliant system - check it out!
You pick how many shares you want to buy - and then once the album is done, you start making money! :) And of course you can back out at any time. It would be really cool to have you on board for this.
Hi Grayscale.. Thanks for taking the time to listen! Great stuff you have, especially"We face the sun" Could easily be a single!! Catchy tune.. Your music has a nice atmosphere.. I hope you have a really great week!! Have fun, Josh
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