John Grant
Former Czars frontman whose rich baritone moves between seventies soft-rock balladry and squelching synths, with lyrics that are bitterly funny and painfully candid at once.
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About John Grant
John Grant grew up in Michigan and Colorado and spent the 1990s and early 2000s fronting the Denver band the Czars. After the group ended he stepped away from music for a time, then returned with Queen of Denmark in 2010, recorded with members of the Texas band Midlake as his backing group.
He later settled in Iceland, and his second album, Pale Green Ghosts, was made in Reykjavik with Biggi Veira of GusGus, pushing his sound toward cold, rubbery electronics. Later records including Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, Love Is Magic and Boy from Michigan keep switching between piano ballads and synth-funk. His songs deal directly with addiction, illness, self-loathing and old grudges, often with a punchline buried in the middle of the pain.
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John Grant plays alternative and indie rock.
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John Grant's first album was Queen of Denmark (2010). The latest is The Art of the Lie (2024).