Grey Dogs - Outlaw King - VINYL LP

This one grew out of the welcome affection the brilliant and versatile Daru Jones and Devonne InchDJInch Harrison have for JMI. In 2018, Daru had featured on JMI-4-S1 and we had a blast in the studio. Later that year, DJ Harrison and our tag owners met at a series of events, including a memorable show DJ put on at the Mercury Lounge. When we learned that Harrison and Jones had both collaborated with tag favorite Jack White, it got us thinking what other rock n' roll settings could they kill? And can we some rock 'n 'roll and still be a jazz tag? First we realized that DJ's keyboard prowess and love of vintage gear make him a perfect fit for an electric analog keyboard. One of our favorite sounding analog keyboards growing up was the trippy, circus sounds produced by Ray Manzarek's 1960s Continental Combo Organ together with the Fender Piano Bass. Daru's seamless moves from rock to jazz to hip hop make him the perfect John Densmore to DJ's Manzarek. But who could do the guitar? Not some Robby Krieger imitator he's inimitable. An old friend of Mr. Mandel's, legendary ace axman Doyle Bramhall II, Steve insisted, would be perfect. One problem Doyle was then and now the lead guitarist for Eric Clapton's busy touring schedule. Anyway, in 2018 we tracked Harrison and Jones at Reservoir Studios where we not only got killer takes on the Doors' When The Music's Over, but a tight and soulful recording of an original Mandel/Hohl song called I Don't F**k Around. We banked the 2Inch reels and waited for Mr. Bramhall to fit us into his schedule. And we waited. Months passed, then years. By 2022, some of us had given up waiting. But not Mr. Mandel. He got his man and on one memorable day that year, Doyle, Steve and Doyle's partner Elle McPherson convened in The Bridge Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. To say Doyle laced these tracks speaks too highly of laces. Just buy this reco

The following year, the band's sophomore effort built on the vast success of their debut with songs like InchCuando Pase El TemblorInch (whose companion video was nominated as Best Video at the 12th World Festival of Video and TV) and the album's title track, InchNada PersonalInch.

Limited vinyl LP pressing including . 2016 . Outer Heaven is a massive leap forward for Toronto post-punks Greys. Delivering on the promises made on 2015's Repulsion EP, the band tempers their trademark onslaught of discordance with new textures and subtle dynamics, building a more spacious and melody-driven environment atop their noise rock foundation. They fearlessly explore every extreme, simultaneously delivering their most intense and accessible moments, often within the same song. InchWe never want to do just one thing,Inch says frontman Shehzaad Jiwani. InchWe want to incorporate as many disparate sounds as possible, yet still have it sound like the same band.Inch This bold approach saw them return to Montreal to record at the hallowed Hotel 2 Tango studio (Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor) with longtime producer Mike Rocha, giving heavy hitters like InchBlown OutInch and first single InchNo StarInch unprecedented atmospheric depth while never compromising the band's characteristic cacophony. The young quartet stretches it's limbs like never before on more delicate tracks like InchErosion,Inch where Jiwani sings softly over Cam Graham's delicate guitar, recalling the dream pop qualities of early Deerhunter or late-period Unwound. Elsewhere, on InchSorcerer,Inch bassist Colin Gillespie and drummer Braeden Craig launch an unrelenting yet hypnotic assault that falls somewhere between Sonic Youth and Portishead. With ten tracks at just under forty minutes, Greys raise the bar for what is expected of a punk band in the 21st century.