demi ton :: cheveu gris

demi ton :: cheveu gris is a Lyon-based trio who unfold, on their debut EP sous la terrasse, two long pieces somewhere between noise-driven rock and post‑rock tension. Three musicians who take their time, letting rough edges and sudden shifts gradually surface.
On bass, Pierre comes from the instrumental tumult of Grand Detour, a post‑rock / math‑rock band from Toulon known for their European tours, bringing to demi ton :: cheveu gris a sharp sense of the patient crescendo and the noisy explosion. You can also hear the more abrasive echoes of Bökanövsky, the screamo / post‑hardcore group founded in Toulon in 2005 and active until 2017, whose emotional tension quietly runs through every bass line he plays.
Denis’s drumming extends that French underground tradition that blurs the boundaries between screamo, post‑hardcore, and DIY—a lineage built on years of shows and travels with bands tied to that same scene. It gives the record a very physical, almost live backbone, as if every break were meant for an overheated stage rather than a sanitized studio.
Finally, Florian’s guitar bears the stamp of Keiko Tsuda’s math‑rock—this drums‑and‑guitar duo shared stages with Pneu, Papier Tigre, and Aucan, and built a sound of twisted meters, abrupt syncopations, and angular melodies. In demi ton :: cheveu gris, that science of counterpoint and broken patterns serves longer compositions full of restarts, subtle derailments, and lines that favor ellipsis over demonstration.