Kevin Bronson on January 17th, 2017

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Back in late 2015, we introduced Greyface, the L.A. trio of Justin Taylor, Ryan Malina and Julien Bellin, three friends from way-back-when in Florida whose respective careers have seen them explore hardcore, experimental rock, electro-pop and shoegaze. So their story goes that in 2015, the threesome got together for a pre-concert (they were en route to see Blonde Redhead) jam session, and Malina recorded it on his phone. After sharing it with a friend, engineer Tom Syrowski, the latter booked a session a Henson Studios. There, the first songs from Greyface’s full-length, “Greyola,” were born. The album, out Feb. 10, ranges from crunchy alt-rock to starry-eyed (and guitar-twinkling) anthems. (And props to the band for still liking albums, for whatever reason.) The spacious and melancholy “Delilah” seems plucked from the wee hours of the ’80s, when the overnight DJ on your favorite FM station would spin an album track by one of the New Romantic bands and you’d make it home (more or less) all right.

||| Stream: “Delilah”