Chicago's melting pot rock. The thunder of drums in a subway tunnel; a Rhodes pours wild chords on shimmering, clanging guitars; to wrestle with the longing for home vs. the love of being alone. To take a thing to pieces to learn to make it whole.

9 MP3 Songs in this album (32:48) !
Related styles: ROCK: Post-Rock/Experimental, POP: Pop/Rock

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The Gorilla Press is a Chicago, IL alternative/experimental/post-rock band that has been compared to such artists as Radiohead, Mogwai, Elliott Smith, and Jeff Buckley. The four-piece is comprised of drummer Josh Rockel, keyboardist Brian Pavloff, bassist Marc Najjar, and singer/songwriter/guitarist Chris Kang, with vocalist Britni Day appearing on their first release.

The group came together one piece at a time in Chicago, where each member arrived from their respective hometowns to study music; Marc from Louisville, KY, Brian from Philadelphia, PA, Chris from Richmond, VA, and Josh from the west Chicago neighborhoods. Though from very different musical backgrounds, roommates Chris and Marc quickly found common ground in post- and progressive-rock bands such as Radiohead and Mogwai; what began as casual collaboration became an involved project as the two membersâ friendship solidified. After cycling in several prospective bandmates, the addition of heavy-hitting young punk rock drummer Josh and the classically-trained but Zappa-inspired keyboardist Brian completed the lineup in the summer of 2007.

Able to communicate on an unusually precise level thanks to each memberâs extensive musical training background, yet holding closely to the swerving and clanging ethos of brooding, angular guitar rock and songwriting, the group quickly assembled enough material for their first album. This was recorded with Shiraz Dada of Maps and Atlases and mastered with Dan Wagner of Sequoia and released independently.