When lead vocalist Collin Walsh declares two minutes into ‘Leaving’, Kennett Square pop-punk band Grayscale’s debut full-length, that “it takes everything for me to be okay here in Pennsylvania,” he is encapsulating everything that created the five-piece. “We all grew up together as best friends, and we had our own set of problems growing up, from broken homes to abandonment issues, and being let down to the point where we lost trust in anything,” states Collin. “We persevered through all the pain together and we wrote songs to get through it… it’s what motivates us to get away from home and play music for everyone who feels like we do,” explains guitarist Andrew Kyne, before bassist Dallas Molster expands; “We also grew up listening to bands like Brand New, Jimmy Eat World, and The Wonder Years, so songwriting is a craft we appreciate and worked really hard on with our record, so I hope our lyrics shine through as being honest and raw.”