Steep Leans is the project of multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Gray Somers. Developed in late 2012 after the trauma of a death in the family caused Somers to pack up and leave everything behind, going from Boston for New York City, leaving behind a long term relationship, which consequently left him drifting broke and alone in Brooklyn. As a way out of the turmoil, he sold his car and used the money to start the original recordings of Grips On Heat with Jonny Schenke (of Eaters, producer of Parquet Courts Light Up Gold Fame).