W.s. Gray

William Gray is an ambitious Argentinian project that by this moment counts with 10 stable members. The project is born from the fusion of the soloist project "Living Fossils", recorded by independent musicians from the Academic Orchestra of Teatro Colón, the choir of the Engineering Faculty Choir (UBA) and the Camera 31, Pez, Rockafonica, The Sheppers and the Typical Orchestra El Astillero (Tango). William Gray blends Prog Rock, Classical passages, Tango and certain elements of Argentinean folklore. On stage they act on the format of Rock Opera, enhanced by an audiovisual presentation in which the images dispute the leading role with the actors and telling fantastic stories (Somehow as The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, the few times that worked). They are influenced by Astor Piazzolla, Alberto Ginastera, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Queen, etc, and to be honest, their music is mind-blowing.

Although Andwella's Dream were a versatile psychedelic group, they were nonetheless generic no matter what angle they were taking. On Love & Poetry, you get sustained guitar that walks the line between freakbeat and heaviness, some swirling organ and husky vocals that betray the influence of Traffic and Procol Harum, pastoral acoustic folky tunes in the Donovan style, airy-fairy dabs of phased guitars and storybook lyrics, etc. Eclecticism is to be commended, and since late-'60s British psychedelia is an interesting genre in and of itself, generic music in the subgenre is more interesting than some other generic music in other styles. Still, generic music is generic music, and being able to do a bunch of different things in an unexceptional manner does not make you exceptional…