Greg Dalton, also known by the moniker Gary War,
is an American musician whose recordings combine elements of
psychedelia,
garage rock
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,
synth-pop
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, and
shoegaze
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. He is a former member of
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and has released three albums, a split LP with
Purple Pilgrims
Purple Pilgrims is a New Zealand dream pop duo composed of sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon.
Background
Sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon are great-granddaughters of folk musician Davie Stewart. They were raised itinerantly between ...
, two EPs and several singles. Currently, he is based in New Zealand.
Career
Dalton is originally from
Gloucester, Massachusetts.
In July 2012, he released ''Jared's Lot'' on the Austrian Spectrum Spools label,
and toured in support of it. He also collaborated with Taylor Richardson as Human Teenager, and released the album ''Animal Husbandry'' in the same year''.'' Towards the end of that year, he moved to New Zealand.
In November 2013 War shared an album with the New Zealand duo Purple Pilgrims, contributing four songs to the release on Upset The Rhythm.
Discography
Studio albums
*''New Raytheonport'' LP (2008, SHDWPLY Records)
*''Horribles Parade'' LP (2009, Sacred Bones Records)
*''Jared's Lot'' LP (2012, Spectrum Spools)
*''Gaz Forth'' LP (2018, Feeding Tube)
EPs
*''Galactic Citizens'' 12" (2009, Captured Tracks)
*''Police Water'' 12" (2010, Sacred Bones Records)
*''Gary War/
Purple Pilgrims
Purple Pilgrims is a New Zealand dream pop duo composed of sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon.
Background
Sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon are great-granddaughters of folk musician Davie Stewart. They were raised itinerantly between ...
Split'' LP (2013, Upset The Rhythm)
Other releases
*"Anhedonic Man" 7" (2009, Hell, Yes!)
*"Zontag" 7" (2009, Sacred Bones Records)
*"Reality Protest" 7" (2009, Sacred Bones/Holidays Records)
*"Opens" Cassette (2009, Captured Tracks)
References
External links
*http://www.garywar.com
Soundcloud.com*
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Year of birth missing (living people)
American rock musicians
Musicians from Boston
Living people
Hypnagogic pop musicians