If Anything, the first full-length by Toronto noisemakers Greys, is the quartets own warped version of a pop record; fast-and-loud punk rock and walls of discordant noise, held together at the seams by an acute sense of melody. Each song exists in its own space and represents different aspects of the things we like about noisy, dissonant music, but instead of being built solely around riffs, they were built with hooks in mind, too.
The 35-minute LP still plenty rough around the edges, as drum and bass pummel the listener with syncopated rhythms played at break-neck speeds, while serrated guitars go directly for the throat. Though there may be more melodies strewn about his exasperated shouts, Jiwani's lyrics express insurmountable frustrations from within.
If Anything, is a short, fulfilling listen. It satisfies the primal urges one derives from a punk record, but rewards repeated listens with subtle, shoegaze-y layers of guitar and self-consciously buried harmonies. That extension is what separates Greys from other bands of their ilk; they respect and adhere to the foundations of noise rock while willfully blurring and challenging its boundaries. - Taken and edited from the Greys page.
(Buzz Records - 2014)
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