Posted on Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:41 PM
The members of Minneapolis band Greycoats suffer from military fetishism. Dressing up as soldiers they promise liberation, revolution and all that. Their music however doesn't put up much of a fight. They want to be big and epic, but they sound like a second hand Coldplay. Only two tracks of their album Setting Fire To The Great Unknown keep you from dozing off - That Great And Terrible Day has the only memorable guitar hooks and Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye is a showcase for the vocal abilities of the band.
Lock 'em up in a room and expose them to The Final Cut for a couple of hours.
Greycoats:
Jon Reine: guitar
Mike smith: drums
Titus Decker: keyboards
Matt Patrick: bass
Setting Fire To The Great Unknown is a self-released album. Buy it from the band's website.
Tracks:
- Learning To Remain
- Revenge
- Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye
- An Echo In The Dark
- La Résistance
- That Great And Terrible Day
- Monarch Wings
- Watchman, What Is Left Of The Night?
- Make Me Like The Moon
- Spiritual
- Not Afraid
Live dates:
- 05/08 Kelly’s Olympian, Portland, OR
- 05/09 High Dive, Seattle, WA
- 05/22 Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
MP3: Greycoats - Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye
Video: Greycoats - Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye
» greycoats.net
» myspace.com/greycoats