Grey Matter is the debut full-length album from Canadian indie-rock band Wool on Wolves

Wool on Wolves

Wool on Wolves is a Canadian folk-rock band based in Edmonton, Alberta. The band formed in October of 2008 while attending the University of Alberta....

. It was self-released on November 9, 2010 and produced by Nik Kozub

Nik Kozub

Nik Kozub is a Canadian musician. Formerly a bass guitarist for the band Veal, he is currently associated with the dance punk band Shout Out Out Out Out....

 of Shout Out Out Out Out

Shout Out Out Out Out

Shout Out Out Out Out is a Canadian dance punk/electro group from Edmonton, Alberta. Their debut album Not Saying/Just Saying, released in 2006, quickly garnered significant airplay on Canadian campus radio and on CBC Radio 3. The album debuted at #11 on Canada's national campus radio chart,...

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Track Listing

1. Thick as Thieves
2. Ain't Seen Mississippi
3. G-Arp
4. Honeybee
5. The Distance Between Us
6. Ports of Glass Harbour
7. Bird in the Bush
8. Red Roses
9. One Second
10. Cocaine and Bellows
11. Reap and Sow

Reception

Grey Matter was positively received, with Wool on Wolves drawing comparisons to The Band

The Band

The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...

, Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...

, and early Wilco

Wilco

Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup has changed frequently, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John...

. Grey Matter was nominated for a 2011 Western Canadian Music Award in the Best Rock category, and named the 7th best album of 2010 by Edmonton Journal

Edmonton Journal

The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network.-History:The Journal was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old...

writer Sandra Sperounes.