White Noise Owl | |
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Genres | Rock,hard rock |
Years active | 2013-present |
Associated acts | Lo-Pro |
Website | www |
Members |
Pete Murray Chris Shy Will Hunt |
White Noise Owl is a rock supergroup composed of lead vocalist Pete Murray of Lo-Pro and Ultraspank, bassist of Lo-Pro, Snot, and Amen, drummer Will Hunt of Evanescence and Dark New Day, and guitarist Chris Shy of Aurora Sky. Their debut EP, produced by Ben Grosse, Until We Meet Again, was released on March 11, 2014.
The project was first the idea of guitarist Chris Shy, the prior guitarist of band Aurora Sky. who envisioned doing a project with Pete Murray of Lo-Pro. He contacted Murray after the release of Lo-Pro's third album, Disintegration Effect, in June 2013. The two communicated vaguely about working together through email, which eventually led to sending song ideas back and forth. Upon completion of their first complete song, "Feed", the two decided a band should be started, and the two were tasked with forming a real band. Murray recruited as a bass player, who he had worked with on Lo-Pro's first album, Lo-Pro prior to Fahnestock leaving during the six-year gap to their second album, The Beautiful Sounds of Revenge. Shy had always envisioned Will Hunt, prior drummer for Evanescence, Device and Dark New Day, as a member, and proceeded to recruit him for the project. The entire recruitment process had been done entirely over phone and internet; the band had not ever all been together in person until the start of the recording sessions. The band recorded their debut EP, Until We Meet Again, throughout the end of 2013 and early 2014, with music producer Ben Grosse, who had previously worked with Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, and Filter. Grosse was chosen because Murray had desired to work with him since the recording of Lo-Pro's debut album, due to his involvement in producing Title of Record. The album was recorded in East West Studios. A minute long teaser clip was released in December 2013, with the band shooting for a "Spring 2014" release timeframe. The release date for Until We Meet Again was later narrowed down to March 11, 2014. A promotional single, "Feed", was released a week prior to the album's release on March 5, while the band's first single, "End Over End", was released shortly afterwards.