Old grey an autobiography review

Review Summary: The band overcomes past growing pains and delivers a fully developed album detailing the effects of depression, loneliness, and lost love.

A little late to the Midwest screamo revival movement pioneered by Merchant Shipsand Midwest Pen Pals, Old Grayhave accomplished something those bands never did: releasing an LP.

To be fair, the band’s sound has progressed beyond the aping of those bands contained on their first demo and EP. That isn’t to say there weren’t some growing pains along the way. 2012’s Everything I Let Go & The Things I Refuse To was billed as a change in sound and was, but they hadn’t ironed the kinks out.

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The songwriting was mediocre, the production was flat, and the artwork looked like it was ripped from an Aeropostale shirt. Thankfully the band kept with it and has released a fine album that demonstrates the potential found but not fully realized on their past releases.

While not a perfect album, An Autob