Nana Grizol
An indie pop band from Athens, Georgia with a unique personality, Nana Grizol marry the cheerfully lackadaisical sound of slacker-informed bands like Pavement with the bent yet engaging psychedelic pop of the Elephant 6 collective, all filtered through the lyrical worldview of vocalist and songwriter Theo Hilton. Incorporating a queer sensibility into his tales of life in the American South, Hilton's songs are deeply personal, alternately playful and introspective in their depiction of joy and outrage, and the use of a large, horn-enhanced ensemble adds to the drama and tonal color of his music. Nana Grizol introduced the low-budget spectacle of their music to the world on 2008's Love It Love It, with the band gaining a new level of confidence and dynamics on 2017's Ursa Minor before stripping down to spontaneous folky punk with 2019's Theo Zumm.
Theo Hilton formed Nana Grizol in 2007, engaging with the musical community that had helped him make sense of life as viewed by an outsider in a straight world. Using music as a means of expressing his feelings and anxieties, Hilton began writing songs and assembled the first edition of Nana Grizol to play them as the new band hit the road for a tour of D.I.Y. performance venues around the country. Upon returning, Hilton and his crew -- Madeline Adams on vocals and bass, Jared Gandy on bass and guitar, Laura Carter on drums, trumpet, and clarinet, Matte Cathcart on drums, Patrick Jennings on keyboards, Margaret Child on percussion, Kate Mitchell on trumpet, and Ian Rickert on clarinet and harmonica -- headed into the studio to cut the group's debut album, 2008's Love It Love It. By the time Nana Grizol presented their second LP, Ruth, to the world in 2010, Child, Mitchell, and Rickert had left the band, and multi-instrumentalist Robbie Cucchiaro stepped in to cover guitar, trumpet, baritone sax, and euphonium. Hilton left Athens and spent time in Seattle and New York before settling in New Orleans and starting work on the next Nana Grizol album. The polish and accomplishment of the group's studio sound got a boost on 2017's Ursa Minor, while 2019's Theo Zumm rescued songs from early recordings and documented Nana Grizol at their scrappiest and most elemental, if not their loudest. Hilton and his bandmates upped the ante on the polished Ursa Minor with 2020's South Somewhere Else, a concept album inspired by growing up in Athens.
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Discographie
13 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Ursa Minor
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Orange Twin le 31 mars 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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South Somewhere Else
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Arrowhawk Records - Don Giovanni le 26 juin 2020
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
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Dancing Dogs (M Street)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Cruisin Records le 23 déc. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blues in Dallas
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Merge Records le 8 mars 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Plantation Country
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Arrowhawk Records - Don Giovanni le 16 juin 2020
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
We Carry the Feeling
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Arrowhawk Records - Don Giovanni le 2 juin 2020
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
South Somewhere Else
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Arrowhawk Records - Don Giovanni Records le 28 avr. 2020
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Future Version
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Arrowhawk Records - Don Giovanni le 7 avr. 2020
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Black Box (Meigs Street)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Cruisin Records le 11 nov. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Atoms (M Street)
Alternatif et Indé - Paru chez Cruisin Records le 2 déc. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo