As Gary War, Greg Dalton makes warped garage-synth-prog pop that owes as much to Chrome as it does to Syd Barrett, while conveying an urgency all his own. Gary War's debut album, New Raytheonport, arrived in 2008 on SHDWPLY/Disaro in a limited edition of 500 copies, introducing listeners to the druggiest version of his music and including an Alan Parsons Project cover to boot. The following year was a prolific one for War, with four short-form releases for labels including Captured Tracks, Sacred Bones, and Hell Yes! Records, as well as his second full-length, the acclaimed Horribles Parade. The Police Water EP followed in 2010, after which War took some time to record his third album as well as his project Human Teenager with Taylor Richardson, who previously recorded with Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin as Infinity Window. Human Teenager's Animal Husbandry album arrived early in 2012 on Spectrum Spools, the imprint of Emeralds' John Elliott. Spectrum Spools also released War's third album, Jared's Lot, issuing it in July 2012. Following the album's release, Dalton spent some time in Asia and New Zealand. When he returned to the States, he played with Bobb Trimble and worked with Sunburned Hand of the Man's Rob Thomas as the psych duo Dalthom. Dalton returned to Gary War in 2018 with the full-length Gaz Forth, a polished, full-sounding set that included contributions by members of Abunai!, Purple Pilgrims, and Pigeons. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi