Greymarket is Mike Gargiulo (drums) and L. Cave McCoy (guitar, vocals) and they’re based out of our little home town of Tampa. I’ve never been good at knowing what genres to stuff bands into, so the best way I can describe them is to say that their sound is loud, modern electronic/guitar rock, with a nod to classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin. In other words, this shit is right up my alley.
I’ve seen Greymarket a number of times and just got a copy of the album a month ago. Yes, I am a slacker. I already knew I loved them as a live act, which actually caused me to be a little worried about whether their charisma was going to carry over to recorded media. I don’t think it even took a whole song for me to realize that my worries were entirely unfounded in reality.
Completely unconsciously, I’ve thought of these guys as a “local band” for so long that upon hearing this album it totally hit me that that’s not what they are at all. I realized, instead, that they are in fact a “real band” that just happens to live in my home town. How very lucky for me.
Some Orbits Will Never Decay is polished and smooth and lush and layered. Live, they’re definitely larger than the sum of their two parts, and on the album it’s even better. A couple of the highlights for me are “Hey, Mr. Spaceman”, which was one of the first tracks I found myself singing along to, and “Cascade (Down the Rabbit Hole)”, which I resisted at first because the Alice in Wonderland thing has been done before, but eventually had to succumb to because of its sheer catchiness. “Full of Stars” is probably my favorite track, with its gentle beginning full of acoustic strings and soothing vocals that bridges into big ass layers of electric guitars and crashing percussion, but the NASA samples in the middle are a little garbled and go on a touch too long for me. I can see and appreciate what they were going for with them, though, and it’s one hell of a song and a good way to wrap up a hell of an album.
I can’t think of much I don’t completely love about this album. I’m super proud of these guys and they have potential to get some airtime with a lot of these songs. They just kicked off a tour last weekend (check out the dates here) so check out the songs below and go show some love if they hit your home town.
Greymarket – Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Greymarket’s Official Site, Greymarket on MySpace, Buy Some Orbits Will Never Decay
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