Articles by Scott A. Gray

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  Third Eye Blind

  Screamer

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2019

  Let this sink in, doubters and dismissers: Third Eye Blind are still making great music in 2019. Far too many casual listeners unfairly lum...

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  Penguin Cafe

  Handfuls of Night

  PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2019

  On their fourth album, Penguin Cafe venture further from the musical lineage of Penguin Cafe Orchestra than on previous releases. Composer...

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  San Fermin

  The Cormorant I

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2019

  One of the decade's most exciting orchestral pop groups, San Fermin, has another grand statement to deliver with The Cormorant I, the first...

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  Plumes

  Oh Orwell

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2019

  Oh Orwell is the latest leg in the always-impressive musical journey of globetrotting Canadian songwriting treasure Veronica Charnley. Bitt...

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  William Ryan Fritch

  Deceptive Cadence: Music For Film, Vol. I & II

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2019

  Perhaps the most consistently awe-inspiring collection yet in a career brimming with emotional epics, Deceptive Cadence is a stunning achie...

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  Disasterpeace

  Under the Silver Lake

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2019

  Richard Vreeland has undergone quite the metamorphosis from his days as a chiptune artist and 8-bit videogame composer. While there were pl...

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  MALK

  WMAIDIT

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2019

  Opting to maintain a bit of mystique in the age of overshare, MALK delivers his eccentric brand of freak folk with a refreshing lack of nee...

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  Asuna & Jan Jelinek

  Signals Bulletin

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2019

  While the largely warm, unobtrusive ambient instrumental tones of Signals Bulletin make for great background music, it's got some pacing is...