The Grey AM were a band out of Herndon, PA, active from the late 90s to the early 2000s. Their first and only LP is a great work of emo pop that draws a lot from post-hardcore. They often sound like a poppier version of Boys Life, which I suppose means that they also sound sort of like The Farewell Bend. Starting with the With Matches Lit EP in 1999, their sound shifted ever more into the post-hardcore direction while still retaining a very emo pop sense of choruses and hooks. It's an emo pop take on the Dischord sound, essentially, and especially on Breathe On Your Own Time they kind of sound like if Twelve Hour Turn wrote pop punk songs. In some ways, they were working in a similar sphere to the post-hardcore\emocore bands of the early 2000s like Life at These Speeds.
Their 1998 LP Move the Monuments East is, in my opinion, their strongest work and should appeal to anyone who is a fan of 90s emo. 1999 saw the release of With Matches Lit, followed by two splits over the next couple years. 2003s Breathe On Your Own Time would be the band's last recording.
Move the Monuments East and the split with Mid Carson July are made available in FLAC courtesy of How Nothing Feels.
Move The Monuments East + With Matches Lit + Breathe On Your Own Time + Splits and Compilation Track
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