Alternate tunings
ahoy! Beautiful, timeless, exploratory folk from sometime member of
The Cinematic Orchestra.
Brooklyn based musician
L.D. Brown (Aka Grey Reverend) was born and raised in Philadelphia
and grew up on a musical diet of jazz, blues and late 80's indie
bands such as Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine. After first
taking up the saxophone Brown later switched to the guitar, and
learnt his craft in a succession of Philadelphia bands as well as
immersing himself in music theory and jazz improvisation.
Brown relocated to New
York in 2006 and began playing solo gigs at various venues around the
city. One of the venues in which he plied his trade was a coffee shop
run by his sister. Fortunately for Brown the shop was frequented by
Jason Swincombe, leader of British electronic jazz outfit The
Cinematic Orchestra. After being suitably impressed by Brown's
sparse, low-key folkish songs, Swincombe commissioned a cover of his
band's song “To Build A Home”. This in turn led to Brown singing
with the group on tour as well support slots performing his own
material.
Four years on from that
first meeting Brown is ready to release his first album on
Swincombe's Motion Audio label. Predominately solo performed with
just an acoustic guitar, though a plaintive harmonica appears on
“Forsake”.
Click over the jump for more on Grey Reverend's Of The Days.
