Greg Gonzalez (846 views)

[dankapple]

Gregory Steven Gonzalez
Associated Acts: Cigarettes After Sex (2008 - present)
Vocal Range: B♭1 - D5

Significant High Notes:
D5 ("Our Last Day")
C♯5 ("Do You Know Where I Should Go", "Please Don't Cry", "Sing")
C5 ("Every Light Is Out", "Run Toward Your Fears", "Woman With a Crow (The Last Train)")
B4 ("Our Last Day", "You")
A4 ("I'm a Firefighter", "Sing") 
G♯4 ("Do You Know Where I Should Go", "Please Don't Cry", "You")
G4 ("Run Toward Your Fears", "Woman With a Crow (The Last Train)")
F♯4 ("I Can't Stop These Tears From Falling", "You")
F4 ("Motion Picture Soundtrack", "Please Don't Cry")
E4 ("I'm a Firefighter", "The Night Train", "Our Last Day", "Run Toward Your Fears", "Sing", "Woman With a Crow (The Last Train)")
E♭4 ("Every Light Is Out")
D4 ("Bubblegum", "Each Time You Fall in Love", "Falling In Love", "I Can't Stop These Tears From Falling", "Lay Here", "Motion Picture Soundtrack", "Opera House", "Run Toward Your Fears", "Starry Eyes", "Sunsetz")
C♯4 ("Dark Vacay", "The Night Train", "Please Don't Cry", "Pure", "Sing", "Sweet", "Tejano Blue", "Touch", "Truly", "You")
C4 ("Apocalypse", "Crush", "Cry", "Each Time You Fall in Love", "Flash", "Heavenly", "Hentai", "I'm a Firefighter", "Opera House", "K.", "Pistol", "Please Don't Cry", "Sunsetz", "You're All I Want", "You're the Only Good Thing In My Life")
B3 ("Affection", "Bubblegum", "Cry", "Don't Let Me Go", "Dreaming of You", "Falling In Love", "I'm a Firefighter", "Lay Here", "Neon Moon", "The Night Train", "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby", "Pistol", "Sesame Syrup", "Woman With a Crow (The Last Train)", "Young & Dumb")
B♭3 ("Don't Let Me Go", "Flash", "John Wayne", "K.", "Keep on Loving You", "Sweet", "Touch")

Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Apocalypse", "Bubblegum", "Falling In Love", "I Can't Stop These Tears From Falling", "Kiss It Off Me", "Lay Here", "The Night Train", "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby", "Our Last Day", "Pistol", "Pure", "Run Toward Your Fears", "Sesame Syrup", "Tejano Blue", "Truly")
E♭3 ("Flash", "Heavenly", "Hentai", "Kiss It Off Me", "Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby", "Sweet", "Touch", "You")
D3 ("Affection", "Apocalypse", "Bubblegum", "Crush", "Cry", "Dreaming of You", "I Can't Stop These Tears From Falling", "I'm a Firefighter", "K.", "Keep on Loving You", "Lay Here", "Motion Picture Soundtrack", "The Night Train", "Opera House", "Starry Eyes", "Sunsetz", "Woman With a Crow (The Last Train)", "Young & Dumb", "You're All I Want", "You're the Only Good Thing In My Life")
C♯3 ("Don't Let Me Go", "Kiss It Off Me", "Neon Moon", "Sesame Syrup", "Starry Eyes", "Stop Waiting", "Sweet", "Tejano Blue", "Touch", "You")
C3 ("Each Time You Fall in Love", "Every Light Is Out", "John Wayne", "Hentai", "K.", "Keep on Loving You", "Motion Picture Soundtrack", "Opera House", "Young & Dumb", "You're the Only Good Thing In My Life")
B2 ("Bubblegum", "Dark Vacay", "Dreaming of You", "I'm a Firefighter", "Lay Here", "Neon Moon", "Sesame Syrup", "Starry Eyes", "Stop Waiting", "Tejano Blue", "Truly", "You", "Young & Dumb")
B♭2 ("Flash", "John Wayne", "K.", "Touch")
A2 ("Bubblegum", "Dreaming of You", "Neon Moon", "Sunsetz")
G2 ("I Can't Stop These Tears From Falling", "Run Toward Your Fears")
E2 ("Our Last Day")
C2 ("Every Light Is Out")
B♭1 ("Every Light Is Out")

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{Notewatched Material}EP
I. (2012): A2 - E4 - A4

Albums
Romans 13:9 (2011): B♭1 - G4 - D5
Cigarettes After Sex (2017): A2 - D4
Cry (2019): B♭2 - D4

With the dream-pop and slowcore music Cigarettes After Sex produces, Greg Gonzalez's androgynous voice fits perfectly into this genre with a smoky, haunting, and almost feminine touch, drawing similarities to Lana del Rey, Hope Sandoval, and Donna Missa. His close-mic'd vocals, highpassed and coated in reverb, often contain a sultry drawl when he sings about romance.

He tends to sing within his mid-range, and has pushed neither his lower nor his upper ranges often. However, with his deep and bassy natural speaking voice in interviews, it is shown that his lower register is actually very expansive. Throughout the years, Greg has solidified his name within this genre with his hazy and sentimental voice.

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• Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
• Gray marks fry and subharmonic notes.
• Bold marks outstanding passages.

Thanks to PerhapsXarb for finding additional material & missing notes.

[Electric Mami]

I'm hearing the G2 as a very subby (and non-countable, sadly) E2 personally. Also it's really interesting how if he used his range differently, his highs would also probably start a lot higher, given the androgynous nature of his voice as you noted

[Homelander]

Considering how he uses his voice, I think the thresholds are good the way they are now.

[Baronessa]

I believe that is what she said yes.

[PerhapsXarb]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6oQhV3fiQg&t=38
From Romans 13:9 the "lost album"; boldable C2s and dips to Bb1
Tons other stuff, plenty chest E4s and 5th octave falsetto etc, but this is far and away the weirdest thing I found (guys I think he's COMING!!)

[PerhapsXarb]

And in light of this and considering his general placement, let me propose a voice type of “Bari(contral)tone”

[PerhapsXarb]

Now THAT"S what I call a range expansion! I think the only other publicly available songs are I Can See You (great E4s) and Spanish Prayers.

Also I think the falsetto on Our Last Day peaks at D5 and there's some chest E4-F#4s on I Can't Stop These Tears From Falling too. Otherwise looks great and I'll stop being annoying here lol

[dankapple]

idk how I missed the F#4s lol. as for the D5s I thought it was a synth instrument at first but after relistening they do sound legit!
I was actually planning to add in some more material earlier (he has released songs under his own name and an EP with Daniele Luppi), but i hadn't come across those songs, so thanks :)