Impressive Music 16 song CD

What an appropriate title for this strange amalgam of popular music. Grayson Wray pulls from a host of influences and sounds, creating an album that rambles and careens without a focused direction. While this admittedly doesn't always work, sometimes it does, and the result can be fabulous.

Wray is at his best when he flirts with standard pop sensibilities. The fun part is that he only borrows what he needs, without taking us down the same old roads again. This is most evident in songs like What's Inside and With You I'm Alone, where he uses deconstructed beats and disjointed melodies to piece together these beautiful pop songs. There's a late-Beatles quality to his approach; think the weirder moments of The White Album-meets-Abbey Road and you might get an idea of what's going on here.

Much like the album's namesake, Wray takes his art and turns it around so we can look at it from a completely different angle, and that's quite a feat.

MISH MASH Mandate: Picasso Pop
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It's not often that a CD captures my interest from the first few moments, but this one did. And, even more surprisingly, it held my interest throughout.
Grayson Way, serving up his second CD (last year's 'Road To Paradise was very well received) has almost single-handedly delivered one of the most impressive CD's I've heard in a long time.
He's taken a lot of familiar sounds and styles and truly morphed them into a sound that is uniquely his own. While influences can definitely be heard - from the Beatle-esque harmonies and layering of different instruments to the 60's guitar sounds - they are never stale regurgitations of licks we already know.
Instead, Grayson has done what a true artist should do - boldly go where no one has gone before!
His music is fun, happy, upbeat and delightfully his own. You can't help but smile while listening, and after a few listens you will be humming along. This CD is a great escape from the doldrums of today's standard rock & pop radio. Each song is a piece of art unto itself - a short two to four minutes, brilliantly written, played, recorded and produced pice of art. And most importantly, the songs flow together from one to the next, carrying you dreamily along. It's an easy ride.
I believe all that Grayson has to do is keep promoting himself and then we'll all be hearing more of him. In the meantime, I highly recommend you check him out.
This CD will be hanging around in my CD collection for some time - a rarity.
Contact: mail@impressivemusic.com
Website: Impressive Music Homepage

Synth rock at it’s best
nice beginning...it is tough to find groups that cand o the electronic thing and understand a song.... good job...catchy stuff..swesome guitars in the chorus....very nostalgic..I wanta see what you guys look like...this could be big with stuff like the shins and rooney out....
produksound, Brooklyn, New York.

The beatles are back
I’m feeling the vibe of your music, it has a beatles feel, I like the lyrics and melody, good job
hollywed, Philadelphia, Penn.

Wheres the love, children
The industrial drum set effect was kinda cool, gave the song a kind of 80s alternative sound. I was enjoying the song all the way throught, the arrangement fit well, especially the different parts at around 1.40. The synthesizers were tight. Good job on this track. The melody was catchy too during the “whats inside will not die” and the “she cries” parts.
Labelkills545, Foster City, CA

asd
some really cool sounds here. Good programming. The vocals are recorded and performed well. This has a nice feel to it. It sort of bounces along, and sounds very full. Its difinately good to vary the sounds like this, keeps the interest up, good job.
Matthew walker, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK

Techno Beatles?
Very original work on guitar tones. Nice arrangement.
Ultra101, Phoenix, Arizona



Pretty Cool Stuff
Had elements of 80’s Modern Rock, I like that. Music was very original. Upbeat tempo, nice melody and a solid arrangement. This song could be on a soundtrack or alternative radio. Very catchy.
Modern Records, New York City, NY

Irn-Bru is better than Coca-Cola. Fast.
Great start! Love the repeated lyrics and the start stop beat. Somely nice simple melodies and chords have had the spark of life breathed into them by the imaginative and varied production. This is a great quirky pop song, bit like ed harcourt really. Best wishes.
Toon1981, Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Grayson Wray - Picasso's Dream
Impressive Music - IMP 203200
Picasso had inventive ideas that he transferred to canvas, and L.A.'s Grayson Wray follows that philosophy with the music on the CD that bears the painter's name. Whiffs of both the Beatles and Stones and maybe a touch of Zappa, twisted with modern technopop weirdness. Wry lyrics and intelligent songwriting fuel songs like the frisky "She's The One," the vaguely punkish "Universal Girl" and the frenetic "Pure Delight." This is enjoyably strange music.

Mark E. Waterbury , Music Morsels