“Contact,” the first single from a forthcoming album by Tampa rock band Greymarket harkens back to the days when Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie dominated MTV.
The track—with hints of Zeppelin and fit for a dramatized version of a H.P. Lovecraft novel—represents something of a comeback for the band featuring drummer Mike Gargiulo, singer-guitarist L. Cave McCoy and new member violinist Madison Keels.
“Like everyone else we felt claustrophobic, scared, uncertain, and frustrated,” Gargiulo said about the band’s time in musical limbo during the pandemic. Other songs on the forthcoming LP, The Echo Relay, are just as futuristic, albeit more anthemic, with big melodies (“The Academy”) and dance-floor ready rhythms (“Your Last Murder Victim”) begging to be played live.
The commemorate the comeback, Greymarket brings a limited-edition, two-song, single printed on white vinyl to this gig where a trio of Bay area rock bands play support.
Tickets to the Greymarket single release show at Crowbar in Ybor City on Saturday, March 15 are still available and start at $15.
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This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2025.
