Grayscale announce new EP ‘Live From The Barber Shop Studios’

July 21, 2020 James Weaver

GRAYSCALE have announced a new EP!

The new EP, titled Live From The Barber Shop Studios, features three reimagined versions of songs from the band’s second album Nella Vita, which arrived last September. The new EP will be released later this month.

The ‘reimagined’ versions are enhanced and embellished with horns and additional musicians, fully demonstrating the depth and breadth of GRAYSCALE‘s songwriting skills. “Every single member of the band grew up with an incredibly wide musical palette,” explains guitarist Dallas Molster, who produced the EP. “We were drawn to everything from jazz, classic rock, hip-hop and anything in between. We saw this as an opportunity to rearrange our songs in totally different styles and to tap into some different musical influences than usual.”

Alongside the announcement of the EP, GRAYSCALE have released a new music video for a song lifted from the upcoming album; Baby Blue. Speaking about the reworked song, the guitarist says, “Skyler laid down a piano part reminiscent of the Motown sound to the vocal of Baby Blue, and after hearing this, I was immediately inspired to arrange this in the vein of a ‘big band’ song. What made this such a cool project for me, personally, was that this was the first time that I had gotten to produce a collection of songs for the band from start to finish. This was a unique opportunity for me to play both the roles of producer and musician simultaneously. We performed these songs at the Barbershop Studios with the help of our friend Brett Romnes. Brett was the mixing engineer on this project and was my right-hand man in setting up and rearranging the studio for each of these three very different songs. This was special for all of us because it was the first time that we had played our songs with other musicians outside of the band. The additional musicians and creatives allowed each song to take on a completely new life, and we couldn’t be more excited to share them with the world.”

Watch the official music video for Baby Blue (Reworked) here:

Offering further insight into the EP, Molster says, “it started with our good friend, Skyler Patzer, who had written the piano arrangement previously on our Punk Goes Acoustic Atlantic track. I had written the acoustic, bass, and drum loop parts for a reworked version of Painkiller Weather, and then sent it off to Skyler, who then wrote a beautiful piano part to accompany what I had written. The chemistry and workflow that I had developed with Skyler was so enjoyable that I wanted to work on another song with him.”

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming EP below:

Track List:

1. Baby Blue (Reworked)
2. Painkiller Weather (Reworked)
3. What’s On Your Mind (Reworked)