Gray Before My Eyes / Instil

The other day I picked up another stack of 7" records from Put Out the Jams distro (sadly seems it will be the last time I will be able to do that) and in that stack I came across one band called "Gray Before My Eyes" who existed around '96 in Orlando, Florida.

Gray Before My Eyes play slow post-hardcore / emo type tunes. Though much of the music is slower it certainly does not lack intensity. The vocalist shouting much of the lyrics out with a sense of urgency but sometimes his voice will waiver into an actual singing voice that seems almost unexpected and never really fitting, though it does sound good. The 7" comes with a long message written by the vocalist, Mike Roberts, calling out to punks and kids involved in the scene everywhere to speak out against misogyny. Both tracks, Raze & Hatelust, are about child abuse and violence/rape against women.


Since their only material I could find consisted of this split besides the 2 song 7" I figured I would add that to this post as well.
Instil have members that later on went on to form the group You&I that some of you may know about. Also read a rumor that some members played in "Neil Perry" at some point or another.
Instil begins their half with a drumroll and then picks up into a more melodic form of emo almost immediately with one main vocalist and what sounds like the occasional background addition from one or two others.
These two bands really compliment one another on the split. Gray Before My Eyes giving a lot darker melancholy feeling to their half while Instil comes in with a more rhythmic/melodic edge some of it definitely holding a lot of that feel of metalcore that was gaining popularity in this time. I do not like putting a tag on it like that since a lot of people will immediately disregard it which is certainly not deserved. The Instil half is definitely not my favorite half of the two--But it is very interesting, they experiment with many different vocal styles and musical styles.
**This is not the Instil from the Netherlands, this group is from NY.**
Also bonus points if anyone can tell me why the second vocalist on track 03 (If Tomorrow Comes) sounds so damned familiar.

No myspace I could track down for either band.
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