CASTING OUT, THE - The Casting Out EP (Blue Vinyl) (Sealed) (LP)

The legendary debut EP of Nathan Gray's solo project THE CASTING OUT, sold out since 2007, is now available worldwide for the first time. It's 2007: US post-hardcore legends BOYSETSFIRE have just announced their dissolution in big words. As soon as the last chord of the farewell show has faded away, singer Nathan Gray begins to write songs on the acoustic guitar for his long-awaited solo album. But just before it's time to record it, the courage leaves him: He thinks he's not ready for a solo career and is looking for the sheltering haven of a band. In a very short time he gathered his sister-in-law Darby DiNatale (keyboard/vocals) and BOYSETSFIRE Roadie as well as later bass player Chris Rakus. Even his former guitarist Josh Latshaw can be persuaded to join the project, which is now called THE CASTING OUT. After the musical and content-related weight of the oversized predecessor band, THE CASTING OUT is supposed to do one thing above all else: make fun - on and in front of the stage. Gray leaves the political statements behind him for the first time since 1994 and dedicates himself completely to the everyday problems and his turbulent love life. A demo with eight songs, named after the band, is created immediately, which is burned on CD by the band and sold in handmade covers at the first local shows. Musically, it is the intersection of the song ideas originally composed by Gray, mostly acoustically, the love for emocore heroes like Samiam and the keyboard-driven pop of the late Get Up Kids. Shortly after the recordings Latshaw leaves the band for health reasons and sets the tone for the band's history. Two albums and several successful European tours later and almost weekly line-up changes, Gray will throw in the towel after three turbulent years in 2010 and put THE CASTING OUT to rest in favour of a reunion of BOYSETSFIRE. Nevertheless, the barely available and since 2007 sold-out eight songs of the demo EP enjoy cult status, and when the song "Prey" in a slightly modified version even makes it to the BOYSETSFIRE comeback album "While A Nation Sleeps" in 2013, the enthusiasm among the fans is great. Ten years after its original release, the THE CASTING OUT EP will be officially available for the first time worldwide via END HITS RECORDS on December 1,2017. On the occasion of the release, Nathan Grey remembers the birth of his band:"This EP was actually my first solo attempt. I had an almost endless catalogue of acoustic songs that I had written alone at home and an overwhelming desire to let them out into the world. At that time I thought I was going to do it all by myself, but as my ideas grew bigger and my self-confidence diminished, I began to add other pieces and parts that should be played by other musicians. And so THE CASTING OUT." The EP is released digitally, on CD and as blue vinyl with download code limited to 500 copies.