2 Apr 2017

The Return of Grandaddy

From New Horizons, 5:00 pm on 2 April 2017
Grandaddy - Last Place, cover image

Photo: Columbia Records

Songwriting is as much an addiction as an art, confesses Jason Lytle of the American group Grandaddy.

And so, a new album in 2017 from the band who called it quits in 2006.

William Dart rejoices in a return to their garden of obscure delights.

Music Details

'Song title' (Composer) – Performers
Album title
(Label)

'Away Birdies with Special Sounds' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Concrete Dunes
(Lakeshore)

'Ghost of 1672' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Zum Audio Vol 2
(Zum 2)

'Nonphenomenal Lineage' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Under the Western Freeway
(V2)

'Now It’s On' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Sumday
(V2)

'Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Sumday
(V2)

'Elevate Myself' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Just Like the Fambly Cat
(V2)

'Way We Won’t' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Last Place
(Columbia)

'A Lost Machine' (Lytle) – Grandaddy
Last Place
(Columbia)

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