GRAY, NATHAN / BARNETT, JESSE
SPLIT EP (TURQUOISE) (END HITS RECORDS)
"It's always exciting to see somebody carrying his soul over into more vulnerable areas," comments Boysetsfire singer Nathan Gray on his latest work in collaboration with Stick To Your Guns frontman Jesse Barnett, summarizing the artistic congruence of both musicians into one point.
Already in past solo projects, both Barnett and Gray, who usually stand for rather driving-loud songs in their main bands, had showed their vulnerable side.
But now, they are both as intimate and personal as never before on their shared split EP.
In the field of tension between thoughtful-reduced songwriter pop and melancholic emo-punk, Gray and Barnett play songs that show them as people behind the tireless rock star roles.