Greene Reveal
Greene Reveal
Group from United States
Genres: Experimental Rock, ambient, indie rock, Progressive rock, experimental
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About Greene Reveal
“It put a real bittersweet vibe to the whole day,” singer/guitarist Shawn VanBrocklin said of the day Greene Reveal spun out on black ice, sending the gang into a ditch and totaling their van and trailer in Ohio on their way home from the end a winter tour in January 2009. The bittersweet part? That was talking with Alternative Press the very same day as one of the magazine’s Unsigned Artist Showcase selections. Thankfully, no one was hurt despite hurdling almost 30 feet into a snowy ditch. Still, even if they were weary of the near future, the quartet immediately started booking more shows after returning home safely. Fast forward another year and it’s already off to a better start than the last for the Watertown, N.Y. band of brothers. With a drop card release party show for the band’s eleven-track effort, (re)Shape , this New Year’s Eve, Greene Reveal is hitting the road throughout the Northeast in early 2010, taking its brand of forward-thinking aural experiment on the road in support of the band’s first full-length and follow-up to 2007’s self-released Paper Waves EP. Forming in 2004 after the disbanding of a pop-punk outfit, Greene Reveal formed from a mutual desire for a more genuine, meaningful sound amongst airy compositions, something that Alternative Press dubbed “progressive” in an AP&R podcast, showcasing unsigned bands in March of last year. In a similar vein as the like-minded rock of Circa Survive and modern Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Greene Reveal’s depth-driven brand of experimental rock spawned several tours throughout the Northeast, and shows with the likes of Fear Before, As Tall As Lions, and led to exposure and praise on AbsolutePunk, mtvU, and the print edition of AP. Recorded again on their own at bassist Matt Corey’s own studio, Greene Reveal’s D.I.Y. efforts are apparent not only in resolving that ill-fated van crash, but also with another kind of crash: the hard drive kind. “I’m pretty sure we recorded this thing three times,” VanBrocklin says of (re)Shape. “We lost the entire record when the hard drive crashed. We’ve been on this continuous uphill battle, it seems. Now that the record is done, we just want everyone to hear it and keep putting out music since we’re fortunate enough to have our own home studio and are constantly writing and jamming.” Not ones to sit idle, plans are already under way for a bonus EP later this year to accompany the early 2010 release of (re)Shape. “Hopefully we’ve gotten the worst of being a band out of the way already,” VanBrocklin continues, laughing. Rounded out by guitarist Shawn Sylvester and drummer Tyler Townsend, Greene Reveal has lofty hopes for 2010, but if 2009 was any vindication of the band’s collective determination, (re)Shape is bound to stir some ripples and waves in the indie rock scene Stateside. With a penchant for pedals, intriguing effects, and open, airy compositions unconfined to any preconceived notion of structure or style, Greene Reveal won’t be held back by any means. They’re just thankful to be out there making music that’s challenging and passionate and playing for people that appreciate the good fortune of being able to do just that.
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