Album Review: Greys - Outer Heaven

"I hate it. I want it. I need it. I love it." Complaint Rock is a relentless bellow amid a riot of drums and guitar.

But two minutes in, the ruckus dissolves into fuzzy ambience, an alt-rock digression that lasts 90 seconds before succumbing to a thunderous climax. It's a defining moment on Greys' second LP, which sees the Toronto noise-rockers contrasting balls-out bluster with experiments in dynamics and structure, tempering blistering excitement with sophistication: Cruelty builds from chiming single guitar notes to an elegiac plateau; In For A Penny is an unruly punk stomper with a dash of guitar-pop.