{"title":"John Grant","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"love-is-magic-digital-download","title":"Love Is Magic — Digital Download","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Each record I make is more of an amalgamation of who I truly am,” declares John Grant. “The more I do this, the more I trust in myself, and the further along I go.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven when the Michigan-born man released his debut solo album Queen Of Denmark in 2010, Grant laced sumptuous soft-rock ballads with an array of spacey, wistful synthesizer sounds, increasingly adding taut, fizzing sequencers, nu-synth-disco settings and icy soundscapes to the mix on 2012’s Pale Green Ghosts and 2015’s Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, the latter The Guardian described as, “variously agonizing, hilarious, uplifting and moving: another bravura display from a unique songwriting talent.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, with his fourth solo album, Love Is Magic, Grant has continued evolving, creating his most electronic record yet, in collaboration with Benge (Ben Edwards), solo artist, analogue synth expert\/collector and a member of electronica trio Wrangler, Grant’s collaborators earlier this year under the collective name of Creep Show (on the album Mr Dynamite).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Grant, and engineered by Benge at his Cornish studio, the diamond-hard, diamond-gleaming Love Is Magic, “is how I’ve always wanted my records to sound, but I didn’t know how until now,” Grant says. He also called on Paul Alexander of Denton, Texas maestros Midlake, renewing a working relationship that began on Queen Of Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD + DIGITAL TRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e01 Metamorphosis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e02 Love is Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e03 Tempest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e04 Preppy Boy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e05 Smug Cunt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e06 He's Got His Mother's Hips\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e07 Diet Gum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e08 Is He Strange\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e09 The Common Snipe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Touch and Go\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258235797698,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-201","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/140176_2.jpg?v=1773418279"},{"product_id":"boy-from-michigan","title":"Boy From Michigan — Digital Download","description":"\u003csection class=\"description product-description module\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"description-article\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Grant has established himself as one of the great musical chroniclers of the American Dream, angled mostly from its flip side - from those who did not thrive. Grant stopped being a boy in Michigan at 12, when he moved to Denver, shifting rust to bible belt, a further vantage point to watch collective dreams unravel. “I quickly learned all about the American caste system and where I fit in. Or didn’t.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA John Grant album always feels like vignettes divined from a tart book of poetry. Boy from Michigan is the author’s shaggy-dog story, a novelistic approach where songs are more like chapters in a leatherbound book bought from a favorite thrift store. “I guess I’m just thinking about where I came from,” he notes, “and what I went into.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Cate Le Bon in the production chair, Grant has pared back his zingers, maximizing the emotional impact of the melodies, stripping the noise of vaudeville and mood-enhancing a fruitful, spare, strangely orchestrated new world for him to live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoy from Michigan is out now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258242384066,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-203","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/222013.jpg?v=1773418574"},{"product_id":"remixes-are-also-magic","title":"Remixes Are Also Magic — Digital Download","description":"","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258242449602,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-202","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/600x600bb_10.jpg?v=1773418574"},{"product_id":"grey-tickles-black-pressure","title":"Grey Tickles Black Pressure — Digital Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s been a spectacular journey, from a time when John Grant feared he’d never make music again or escape a life of addiction, to international accolades, collaborations with Sinead O’Connor, Goldfrapp and Elton John, and most recently a Best International Male Solo Artist nomination at the 2014 BRITS alongside the likes of Justin Timberlake and Drake. Grey Tickles, Black Pressure marks the next step in that journey. The album was produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Swans) and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Lyrically and musically, the 12 original songs represent Grant’s most ambitious work, cementing his reputation as the most brutally honest, caustic, profound and funny diarist of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Grey Tickles” in the album title draws direct translation from “midlife crisis” in Icelandic, while “Black Pressure” translates to “nightmare” in Turkish, reflecting the darkly introspective subjects on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album opens in an unsettling swirl of overlapping voices repeating 1st Corinthians 13:4 in multiple languages before dissolving into fuzz, and closes with the same passage read clearly, this time by a young girl. In between, Grant’s depth and range are vividly present as he further refines and entwines his two principal strands of musical DNA, the sumptuous tempered ballad and the taut, fizzing electronic pop song. Tracey Thorn, Amanda Palmer and former Banshees drummer Budgie appear as guests on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrey Tickles, Black Pressure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSnug Slacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuess How I Know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou and Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDown Here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVoodoo Doll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal Warming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagma Arrives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Blizzard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisappointing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo More Tangles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeraldine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258242515138,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-200","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/140175.jpg?v=1773418577"},{"product_id":"pale-green-ghosts","title":"Pale Green Ghosts — Digital Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a breakthrough year that saw his exceptional solo debut Queen Of Denmark win MOJO’s album of 2010 and countless other accolades John Grant didn't rest on his laurels but created a follow-up that underlines his uncanny and charismatic talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Iceland, Grant's new home, Pale Green Ghosts features a range of local heros including saxophonist Óskar Gudjónsson and producer Birgir Þórarinsson, a.k.a. Biggi Veira of Scandinavian electronic pioneers Gus Gus. Also featuring the magnificent Sinead O’Connor on guest vocals, the album is a collection of Grant's typically caustic revelations and scabrous humour that delves into sex, sexuality and the pitfalls of growing up in an era - and a particularly religious environment - that ostracized gay men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining all these strands with the admission that Grant is HIV positive, the brilliant Pale Green Ghosts adds sublime notes of dark, gleaming electronica to the anticipated velveteen ballads, calling on all of Grant’s influences and tastes, presenting an artist at the peak of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePale Green Ghosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Belt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGMF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVietnam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt Doesn't Matter To Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Don't You Love Me Anymore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Don't Have To\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSensitive New Age Guy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErnest Borgnine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Hate This Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlacier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258242580674,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-199","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/140177.jpg?v=1773418579"},{"product_id":"queen-of-denmark","title":"Queen of Denmark — Digital Download","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn epic collection of songs that tackle John's personal issues with drug and alcohol abuse, as well as the personal and public struggles with his homosexuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTC and Honeybear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere Dreams Go To Die\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigourney Weaver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChicken Bones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilver Platter Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's Easier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOuter Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesus Hates Faggots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaramel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeopard and Lamb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueen of Denmark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258242678978,"sku":"DIGITAL-PARTISAN-198","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/140178.jpg?v=1773418581"},{"product_id":"love-is-magic-lp","title":"Love Is Magic LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Each record I make is more of an amalgamation of who I truly am,” declares John Grant. “The more I do this, the more I trust in myself, and the further along I go.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven when the Michigan-born man released his debut solo album Queen Of Denmark in 2010, Grant laced sumptuous soft-rock ballads with an array of spacey, wistful synthesizer sounds, increasingly adding taut, fizzing sequencers, nu-synth-disco settings and icy soundscapes to the mix on 2012’s Pale Green Ghosts and 2015’s Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, the latter The Guardian described as, “variously agonizing, hilarious, uplifting and moving: another bravura display from a unique songwriting talent.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, with his fourth solo album, Love Is Magic, Grant has continued evolving, creating his most electronic record yet, in collaboration with Benge (Ben Edwards), solo artist, analogue synth expert\/collector and a member of electronica trio Wrangler, Grant’s collaborators earlier this year under the collective name of Creep Show (on the album Mr Dynamite).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Grant, and engineered by Benge at his Cornish studio, the diamond-hard, diamond-gleaming Love Is Magic, “is how I’ve always wanted my records to sound, but I didn’t know how until now,” Grant says. He also called on Paul Alexander of Denton, Texas maestros Midlake, renewing a working relationship that began on Queen Of Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258258145474,"sku":"100P-13011","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/Loveismagic_26bb16ec-0cbd-4031-b76a-40d4aedb5f33.png?v=1773419022"},{"product_id":"love-is-magic","title":"Love Is Magic CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Each record I make is more of an amalgamation of who I truly am,” declares John Grant. “The more I do this, the more I trust in myself, and the further along I go.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven when the Michigan-born man released his debut solo album Queen Of Denmark in 2010, Grant laced sumptuous soft-rock ballads with an array of spacey, wistful synthesizer sounds, increasingly adding taut, fizzing sequencers, nu-synth-disco settings and icy soundscapes to the mix on 2012’s Pale Green Ghosts and 2015’s Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, the latter The Guardian described as, “variously agonizing, hilarious, uplifting and moving: another bravura display from a unique songwriting talent.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, with his fourth solo album, Love Is Magic, Grant has continued evolving, creating his most electronic record yet, in collaboration with Benge (Ben Edwards), solo artist, analogue synth expert\/collector and a member of electronica trio Wrangler, Grant’s collaborators earlier this year under the collective name of Creep Show (on the album Mr Dynamite).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Grant, and engineered by Benge at his Cornish studio, the diamond-hard, diamond-gleaming Love Is Magic, “is how I’ve always wanted my records to sound, but I didn’t know how until now,” Grant says. He also called on Paul Alexander of Denton, Texas maestros Midlake, renewing a working relationship that began on Queen Of Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD + DIGITAL TRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e01 Metamorphosis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e02 Love is Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e03 Tempest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e04 Preppy Boy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e05 Smug Cunt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e06 He's Got His Mother's Hips\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e07 Diet Gum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e08 Is He Strange\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e09 The Common Snipe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Touch and Go\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2XLP TRACKLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Is Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTempest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreppy Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE THREE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmug Cunt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe’s Got His Mother’s Hips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiet Gum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE FOUR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs He Strange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommon Snipe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouch And Go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"John Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47258268369090,"sku":"100P-12459","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/0773\/4722\/files\/Loveismagic.png?v=1773419385"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.partisanrecords.com\/collections\/john-grant.oembed","provider":"Partisan Records US","version":"1.0","type":"link"}