REVIEW: Grey Eye Glances, Eventide (Mercury)
- Bob Gajarsky
The trio known as Grey Eye Glances may have gotten their initial break through the unconventional means of self-bookings at East Coast Borders bookstores, but their combination of piano, cello, and 12 string guitars harkens back to a folk rock period which has long since been forgotten.
Though the faster pace of the first single, "Halfway Back", might recall the best of 10,000 Maniacs (without the social preaching) and the October Project, much of Grey Eye Glances' national debut, Eventide , owes its debt to Fairport Convention and Joni Mitchell.
In other words, because this style of music is verboten on most radio stations, Grey Eye Glances will most likely only be heard in a listening booth - or at the appropriate coffeehouse setting. Worth a listen, it's folk rock for the 90s with an edge.
Grey Eye Glances' web site can be found at http://www.greyeyeglances.com
