‘J’en ai connu des déconvenues, j’ai encaissé tous les coups durs, est-ce que ça me rend vraiment plus fort ?  Je vais pas te mentir, sous mes faux airs, j’ai des remords, quelques regrets, j’ai moi-même commis des erreurs’ (Blessures) ‘I’ve had some disappointments, I’ve endured all the hard blows, does that really make me stronger? I’m not going to lie to you, beneath my false appearance, I have remorse, some regrets, I have made mistakes myself’(Wounds)

Grisaille (Greyness) is a new project from Fabrice Le Roux (vocals) and Lionel Cadiou (instrumentation) of Syndrome 81.  And this connection does not surprise once the band begin to unfurl their darkly melodic punk across this their debut EP, Entre Deux Averses…(Between Two Showers…).  But while a haunting sense of melancholy may be shared, Grisaille’s sound is imbued with a more hopeful, life affirming energy.

Both tracks, Blessures (Wounds) and Ton Souvenir (Your Memory), are supremely well-crafted as they explore themes of regret and remembrance. Clean, almost jangly guitars and robustly passionate French vocals form the band’s bedrock while surging melodic breakdowns and impossible to resist choruses ensure that the needle is dropped time and time again.