Hot and fresh: "My Guitar Plays One Thousand Songs" by J. Gray
If you like the sometimes eerie, always pretty folk-rock of Denton's Matthew and the Arrogant Sea, allow me to direct your attention to some solo material by the group's drummer, J. Gray. His vocals and lyrics are more subdued, but equally as haunting as the Matthew stuff.
His forthcoming album, J Stop Playing Those Sad Songs, was recorded in his bedroom on a four-track machine hooked up to his laptop. He expects to have it out at some point this summer. His MATAS bandmate (and uncle) Matthew Gray contributed to the track I'm playing you. Those high-pitch sounds that come in at the very end? That's Matthew.
J. wrote about "My Guitar Plays One Thousand Songs" in an e-mail: "Thom Yorke played a big role in the inspiration of this song. It's also inspired by any sort of forced beliefs or ways a person should live their life." Well, that's sufficiently mysterious.
J. Gray, "My Guitar Plays One Thousand Songs":
J.'s next show is May 23 at Rubber Gloves, and look for MATAS to play there on May 31. Its new album Family, Family Meets the Magic Christian is coming later this year -- no firm date yet.
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Beauty.
Posted by: Art Ebie | May 15, 2008 5:29 PM