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"    Photo: Craig Nisperos   Despite the brevity of Canyon, Ryan Mitchell Grey&amp;#039;s newly debuted EP marks a major change for the New York singer-songwriter. The three-track project is his first solo effort since releasing the Surrounded by White Walls EP in 2010, after which he formed and fronted alternative band Mitchell Grey.  Canyon maintains the band&amp;#039;s signature pop-rock, R&amp;amp;amp;B-infused sound while introducing of-the-moment folk influences, echoing groups like Mumford &amp;amp;amp; Sons. The title track, which you can stream below, is his EP&amp;#039;s hypnotizing introduction and ode to the give-and-take dichotomy of romance. Grey&amp;#039;s soulful vocals and poetic lyrics create a bittersweet combination befitting summer&amp;#039;s end.   &amp;quot;I like to think that I&amp;#039;m a writer first before I&amp;#039;m a singer,&amp;quot; Grey told us. &amp;quot;When I write, I create scenarios. I was wondering what it would be like to talk to someone and be into it, but not 100 percent into it. So you&amp;#039;re getting these little jewels from the person and shelving them, or hiding them in a canyon.&amp;quot; He first released the song on YouTube, naturally, as the platform has provided him a grassroots rise to viral online prowess since creating his page in 2009. It also gave him a network of fellow YouTube stars to call friends and collaborators, including Michael Alvarado from the duo Us, who he worked with to produce Canyon in California. That destination will soon be home for Grey, whose West Coast move is partly why Mitchell Grey is on pause for now. The band recently played their last show at The Bitter End in NYC (a spot where stars like Lady Gaga first gigged), and although admittedly emotional, Grey dismissed any finite goodbyes. &amp;quot;Mitchell Grey will always be the roots of me working with music and with other people in a collaborative sense,&amp;quot; he shared. &amp;quot;Life will take us to different places and we&amp;#039;re leaving what that was where it is right now. I don&amp;#039;t see why we won&amp;#039;t work together in the future.&amp;quot;      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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