Brian: I have no idea when Greater Visions formed (late last year?), who they might cite as influences (Fairweather? Polar Bear Club? Stay Gold? Fuck if I know at this point) or if they have ex-members of any other notable bands (they sound too accomplished not to). But they friend-requested me on MySpace a few days ago and are surprisingly pretty fucking good. And you know those random friend requests; they’re usually pretty disastrous. If you only listen to one of the two songs on their MySpace page, let it be “My Fight Club”; their vocalist sort of sounds like the dude from Fireworks at first, but the music is arrestingly atmospheric, definitely dynamic and suddenly throws in a few shocking changes before launching into more straightforward, melody-tinged hardcore territory. I can’t gauge any information on this band other than the fact that they’re looking for a guitarist and may have released an EP earlier this year (I asked if they had a demo or anything available and they decided not to respond, at least as of Thursday). But still, this is really, really promising stuff and I’m curious as to what their deal is.

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