Manila Grey (stylized as MANILA GREY) are a Canadian R&B duo from
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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[Akeena Legall and Alex Narvaez]
"Manila Grey Are Driving the Vancouver Sound"
''Complex
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* Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe
** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
'', July 16, 2020. They are most noted for receiving a
Juno Award nomination for
Breakthrough Group of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2021
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Consisting of
Filipino Canadian musicians Ghostride Neeko and Blame Soliven, they formed in 2016. Their debut EP, ''No Saints Under Palm Shade'', was released in 2017, and was followed by the full-length album ''No Saints Loading'' in 2019.
[ In 2020, they released the singles "Shibuya" and "Blue Vegeta", both previews of their forthcoming second album ''No Saints on Knight Street'' which was subsequently released on March 26, 2021.
]
Career
Manila Grey formed in early 2016 and released their first single "1z" on October 2, 2016, produced by long-time collaborator Azel North.
Discography
Studio albums
*2019: ''No Saints Loading''
*2020: ''No Saints Loading (slowed + reverb)''
EPs
*2017: ''No Saints Under Palm Shade''
*2022: ''Spirits''
References
Canadian contemporary R&B musical groups
Canadian musicians of Filipino descent
Musical groups from Vancouver
Musical groups established in 2016
2016 establishments in British Columbia
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