Grandaddy have announced details of their new studio album, Last Place.
After Grandaddy broke up in 2006, the band’s frontman Jason Lytle relocated to Montana, where he happily made two solo albums, and reconnected with the natural world around him. Eventually, though, life uprooted him again, taking him to Portland, Oregon until he eventually returned to his former home of Modesto, California. The return to California was practical (he needed to be near his bandmates) but also appropriate: he had started writing songs that he felt would be fitting for another Grandaddy album. The result is a perfect addition to the band’s celebrated, critically acclaimed catalogue, that includes their breakthrough sophomore album, Sophtware Slump, and their debut, Under the Western Freeway. It’s a symphonic swirl of lofi sonics and milehigh harmonies, found sounds and electronicsgoneawry mingling with perfect, power pop guitar tones. Lytle’s voice sounds as warm and intimate as ever,
It’s their first album since 2006’s Just Like the Fambly Cat.
Last Place will be released on March 3rd on Danger Mouse’s Century Records. Produced by the band’s Jason Lytle, it also features Jim Fairchild (guitar), Kevin Garcia (bass), Tim Dryden (keys) and Aaron Burtch (drums).
The band will be making a return to the road in 2017. Tickets for the following shows are on sale Friday, November 4 at 9AM.
March 26 – Newcastle, UK @ Hoults Yard
March 27- Leeds, UK @ Irish Centre
March 28 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
March 29 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
March 31 – Bristol, UK @ Colston Hall
April 1 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
April 4 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
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