Name: Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
Brand: John Grant

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

bella505vrt

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Colour details

Discogs ID

[r7574111]

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Double LP with CD Version. 500 Copies only Rough Trade European exclusive coloured (Lavender and Orange) vinyl version.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-10-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5414939928529

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

BELLA505V

Double White Vinyl LP with CD Version.

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5414939926723

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Digipack CD.

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5414939926716

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

John Grant

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Bella Union

Bella Union is a UK label that has been run by Simon Raymonde, former member of Cocteau Twins, since 1997. With a focus on discovering new talent, Bella Union has introduced the world to bands such as Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Lanterns on The Lake, I Break Horses, Ballet School, and Midlake. As a ℗ & © coyright holding entity, Bella Union continues to be at the forefront of the music industry.

John Grant is an American singer-songwriter, born on July 25, 1968 in Buchanan, Michigan. He gained recognition as a member of the Denver-based alternative rock band The Czars during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2010, he embarked on a successful solo career. Notably, Grant relocated to Iceland in 2013 and was granted Icelandic citizenship in 2022.

With his unique blend of alternative rock and introspective lyrics, John Grant has captivated audiences worldwide. His time with The Czars laid the foundation for his solo success, allowing him to explore his own musical identity. Since going solo, Grant has released several critically acclaimed albums that showcase his distinctive voice and songwriting talent.

Inspired by his move to Iceland, Grant's music took on new dimensions as he embraced the country's rich cultural heritage and natural beauty. This transformative experience deeply influenced his sound and lyrical themes. By immersing himself in Icelandic society, Grant was able to connect with a global audience through universal emotions expressed in his music.

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It's been the most spectacular of journeys, from a place in time when John Grant feared he'd never make music again, to winning awards, accolades and Top 20 chart positions, collaborating with the likes of Sinead O'Connor, Goldfrapp and Elton John, as well as a Best International Male Solo Artist nomination at the 2014 BRITS Awards. Now comes Grant's third album, the invitingly titled 'Grey Tickles, Black Pressure', a veritable tour-de-force that further refines and entwines his two principal strands of musical DNA, the sumptuous tempered ballad and the taut, fizzing electronic pop song. There are newer musical accomplishments across its panoply of towering sound, like the title track's new steely demeanour, while the ominous drama of 'Black Blizzard' echoes both John Carpenter and Bernard 'Black Devil Disco Club' Fevre's beautiful and icy synthscapes. The contagious, gleeful 'You And Him' marries buzzing rock with a squelchy electronic undertow, while orchestral drama swathes the bad-dreamy 'Global Warming' and the album's gorgeously aching widescreen finale 'Geraldine'. 'Grey Tickles, Black Pressure' was recorded in Dallas with producer John Congleton (St Vincent, Franz Ferdinand, Swans) - coincidentally the same state of Texas where Grant nailed his 2010 solo debut 'Queen Of Denmark' in the company of Denton's wondrous Midlake. After that landmark return, which MOJO made its album of 2010, 2013's 'Pale Green Ghosts' was made in Icelandic capital Reykjavik (where Grant has lived ever since), which entered the UK Top 20 in its first week and ended up as Rough Trade Shop's Album of the Year 2013, The Guardian's No.2 and in MOJO and Uncut's Top Five). 'Grey Tickles, Black Pressure' will deservedly cement his reputation as the most disarmingly honest, caustic, profound and funny diarist of the human condition in the persistently testing, even tragic, era that is the 21st century.

2LP+ - Double LP with CD Version. 500 Copies only Rough Trade European exclusive coloured (Lavender and Orange) vinyl version.

2LP - Double White Vinyl LP with CD Version.

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

Music GB

Discover Grey Tickles, Black Pressure by John Grant. Available in CD and LP formats. Bella Union label. A tour-de-force album that refines Grant's musical DNA with ballads and electronic pop songs.