TERRY GROSS - Soft Opening LP
Translucent Pink Vinyl.
Terry Gross is an engrossing trio composed of guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am), bassist Donny Newenhouse, and drummer Phil Becker. The trio are also connected as owners and engineers at Bay Area recording spot El Studio, where they began improvising together as a way to test the boundaries and  gear of the studio. Their loose, organic chemistry burgeoned into a deep camaraderie and a sound both expansive and exacting. The three experienced musicians crafted their first full-length album through the pure joy of playing together with no expectations. With the tapes rolling on their rehearsals, the band captures the exuberance of live performance and elevates those recordings through a deft use of the studio as their collective instrument. On their debut LP Soft Opening, Terry Gross channels their cosmic powers and considerable chops into a gleefully mesmerizing odyssey fit for an arena.
Soft Opening took shape over the course of 2016-2019, with Terry Gross writing and refining their songs. âSpace Voyage Missionâ and âWorm Gearâ parallel one another as sinuous jams that pulse with adamantine fervor. Each mountainous epic churns spellbinding repetition and simplicity into dizzying gallops that take hairpin turns into sinewy riffing and elysian vocal melodies. Phil Manleyâs guitar takes on a constellation of tones across âSpace Voyage Missionâ with drifting delays soaring over the Newenhouse and Beckerâs driving rhythm section which all succumb to frothing overdrives that spin the song into entirely new pastures. The hypnotic throb of âWorm Gearâ grows all the more enchanting as Newenhouse and Becker add subtle shifts to the single-chord barrage. âSpecificity (Or What Have You)â contrasts these two in its more traditionally pop-oriented structure while retaining its predecessors wide-eyed energy and delves further into the albumâs lighthearted-yet-earnest take on sci-fi tropes from space and time travel to the singularity.
As Terry Gross, Phil Manley, Donny Newenhouse, and Phil Becker are sonic scientists traversing the borderlands of rock. Soft Opening captures the simple joy of a no-holds-barred trio in stunning detail, transporting the listener into the splendor and freedom of rock.
Translucent Pink Vinyl.
Terry Gross is an engrossing trio composed of guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am), bassist Donny Newenhouse, and drummer Phil Becker. The trio are also connected as owners and engineers at Bay Area recording spot El Studio, where they began improvising together as a way to test the boundaries and  gear of the studio. Their loose, organic chemistry burgeoned into a deep camaraderie and a sound both expansive and exacting. The three experienced musicians crafted their first full-length album through the pure joy of playing together with no expectations. With the tapes rolling on their rehearsals, the band captures the exuberance of live performance and elevates those recordings through a deft use of the studio as their collective instrument. On their debut LP Soft Opening, Terry Gross channels their cosmic powers and considerable chops into a gleefully mesmerizing odyssey fit for an arena.
Soft Opening took shape over the course of 2016-2019, with Terry Gross writing and refining their songs. âSpace Voyage Missionâ and âWorm Gearâ parallel one another as sinuous jams that pulse with adamantine fervor. Each mountainous epic churns spellbinding repetition and simplicity into dizzying gallops that take hairpin turns into sinewy riffing and elysian vocal melodies. Phil Manleyâs guitar takes on a constellation of tones across âSpace Voyage Missionâ with drifting delays soaring over the Newenhouse and Beckerâs driving rhythm section which all succumb to frothing overdrives that spin the song into entirely new pastures. The hypnotic throb of âWorm Gearâ grows all the more enchanting as Newenhouse and Becker add subtle shifts to the single-chord barrage. âSpecificity (Or What Have You)â contrasts these two in its more traditionally pop-oriented structure while retaining its predecessors wide-eyed energy and delves further into the albumâs lighthearted-yet-earnest take on sci-fi tropes from space and time travel to the singularity.
As Terry Gross, Phil Manley, Donny Newenhouse, and Phil Becker are sonic scientists traversing the borderlands of rock. Soft Opening captures the simple joy of a no-holds-barred trio in stunning detail, transporting the listener into the splendor and freedom of rock.
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Translucent Pink Vinyl.
Terry Gross is an engrossing trio composed of guitarist Phil Manley (Trans Am), bassist Donny Newenhouse, and drummer Phil Becker. The trio are also connected as owners and engineers at Bay Area recording spot El Studio, where they began improvising together as a way to test the boundaries and  gear of the studio. Their loose, organic chemistry burgeoned into a deep camaraderie and a sound both expansive and exacting. The three experienced musicians crafted their first full-length album through the pure joy of playing together with no expectations. With the tapes rolling on their rehearsals, the band captures the exuberance of live performance and elevates those recordings through a deft use of the studio as their collective instrument. On their debut LP Soft Opening, Terry Gross channels their cosmic powers and considerable chops into a gleefully mesmerizing odyssey fit for an arena.
Soft Opening took shape over the course of 2016-2019, with Terry Gross writing and refining their songs. âSpace Voyage Missionâ and âWorm Gearâ parallel one another as sinuous jams that pulse with adamantine fervor. Each mountainous epic churns spellbinding repetition and simplicity into dizzying gallops that take hairpin turns into sinewy riffing and elysian vocal melodies. Phil Manleyâs guitar takes on a constellation of tones across âSpace Voyage Missionâ with drifting delays soaring over the Newenhouse and Beckerâs driving rhythm section which all succumb to frothing overdrives that spin the song into entirely new pastures. The hypnotic throb of âWorm Gearâ grows all the more enchanting as Newenhouse and Becker add subtle shifts to the single-chord barrage. âSpecificity (Or What Have You)â contrasts these two in its more traditionally pop-oriented structure while retaining its predecessors wide-eyed energy and delves further into the albumâs lighthearted-yet-earnest take on sci-fi tropes from space and time travel to the singularity.
As Terry Gross, Phil Manley, Donny Newenhouse, and Phil Becker are sonic scientists traversing the borderlands of rock. Soft Opening captures the simple joy of a no-holds-barred trio in stunning detail, transporting the listener into the splendor and freedom of rock.
