Member Since: 17/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.danielgraymusic.com
Band Members:
Daniel Gray - Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harmonica, Bass, Piano, Drums, Electric Piano, Organ, Absynth, Tambourine, Shakers, Sampler, Cardboard Tube
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Influences: The Beatles, Lennon, Harrison, Matt Costa, Neil Young, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, Beck, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, The Strokes, Jason Collett, Broken Social Scene Family, Buffalo Springfield, Leonard Cohen, The National, Van Morrison, Nick Drake, Okkervil River, Donovan, Dylan, Velvet Underground, New Pornographers, The Lovin' Spoonful, Steve Reich, Ennio Morricone, Thomas Newman, Ansel Adams, Van Gogh, Steinbeck, Nietzsche, Camus, Sartre, Frost, Yeats, Kerouac, Irving, summer, spring, fall, and winter, beautiful days, ugly days, empty skies, blueberry pies, all that I see, peppermint tea, people, places, smiling faces, lazy days, crazy ways, The Beatles (did I say that?)
Sounds Like: I hit my head and woke up in the 60's but I brought along some indie-rock in my pocket.
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"His songs are catchy, layered, and smart... [H]is recordings exude the experimental flare of a kid with his first chemistry set. But instead of sodium carbonate and litmus powder, Gray is melding the elements of McCartney and Wilson with modern traces of Elliott Smith and Broken Social Scene. It’s only a matter of time before the kid gets signed and smooths out the rough edges in a first-class recording studio." -Ourstage.com
Record Label: Electric T-Shirt
Type of Label: Indie