Soulmine, by Robert Gray & Troy Utz

Soulmine

by Robert Gray & Troy Utz

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1.	Boston Manor 02:20	buy track
2.	Two 03:35	buy track
3.	Back To The Island 03:44	buy track
4.	Things We Used To Say 03:32	buy track
5.	Mary Anning 03:07	buy track
6.	Smoking Gun 03:07	buy track
7.	A Perfect Fit 03:03	buy track
8.	Tom Thumb 03:29	buy track
9.	Suburbia 04:35	buy track
10.	You've Got A Lot To Answer For 03:47	buy track
11.	Soulmine 03:37	buy track
12.	Winter All Year 04:47	buy track

about

In 2003 I met Troy Utz on an online forum for musicians, and we started almost immediately to record a CD. Neither of us had ever completed a project like this but it was a great period of writing and recording songs intensively for about nine months. We set up a studio in my bedroom and recorded all instruments and vocals ourselves, with the exception of the guitar solo by Joe Wise.

17 years later, I am still proud of this CD and continue to enjoy listening to it. I think the songs are strong and fresh, with a nice mix of psychedelic, romantic and lofi. Our voices harmonised very naturally and our skill sets were complementary: a lot of the instrumentation and production came from me, whereas Troy was great at bringing sonic texture and a sense of anarchy and humour to the production.

We were both heavily into The Beatles at the time, and I think this album most resembles The White Album. There are also definitely hints of The Band, as well as more contemporary acts like Beck and Badly Drawn Boy.

I hope that you enjoy listening to it.

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released November 22, 2020

All vocals and instruments by Robert Gray and Troy Utz, with Joe Wise (guitar solo "You've Got A Lot To Answer For").

All songs written by Robert Gray and Troy Utz. All rights reserved.

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Robert Gray Aachen, Germany

I perform and record my own "sketchbook-pop" songs in my home studio. I try and keep everything as "live" and performance- based as possible - no programming or auto-tune for me! I'm influenced by classic songwriters like Cat Stevens or Paul Simon, and my guitar playing draws on great pickers such as JJ Cale and Richard Thompson.

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