Grandfather featured on “Unitil My Head Explodes: Greatest Hits”, a FREE compilation from Exploding in Sound

Awesome flyer for our last two shows of tour w/ Pile, Grass is Green and Me You Us Them.

Interview w/ Grandfather in THE QUIETUS

Grandfather Summer Tour 2011

Grandfather featured in SPIN Magazine: 10 Must-Hear Artists at Northside Festival

Editorial by Michael Kirsch for DeadJournalist.com: Immediate Records

Grandfather will be opening for MISSION OF BURMA Live at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ on Friday 01/28/11 at 8PM

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Grandfather featured on “Wax Unwound”, a FREE compilation from Exploding in Sound

Grandfather – Blood Theme (From Dexter) / Tremors from Big Ass Lens on Vimeo.

Live at Union Pool in Williamsburg. “Blood Theme” from Dexter followed by “Tremors”.

The Flavorpill Mixtape XLVII: Daft Punk, Kid Cudi, Grandfather

Grandfather in GQ Magazine (Interview with Steve Albini)

Jonathan Silverman, Joshua Hoffman, Michael Kirsch

How Grandfather Made a Record with Steve Albini in Three Days: Part I, Part II, Part III

Hand-Drawn CDs for Kickstarter Backers by Simone-Julian Aviles

“Why I’d Try” CD + Vinyl Package – $12 – Buy Here

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Why I’d Try by Grandfather

Click Here for Session Photos from Electrical Audio

Michael Kirsch (guitar):

1962 Fender Stratocaster Reissue (Sunburst)
1962 Fender Stratocaster Reissue (Black)
1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb (Vintage Blackface) w/ Celestion Gold Speaker
Analogman Sunface, Beano Boost and King of Tone
Zvex Fuzz Factory
Fridgebuzzz Land of the Rising Fuzz
Black Cat OD-Fuzz
Boss DM-2, DD-2, DD-6
Sweetsound Mojovibe
Demeter Tremulator
Loop-Master Switchers
This1smyne Switchers and Buffer
DR Tite-Fit .10 Gauge Strings
Dunlop 2.0mm Picks

Jonathan Silverman (bass):

1976 Fender P-Bass
1966 Fender Bassman (Vintage Blackface 50 watt)
1×15 Cabinets w/ EVM15-L Speaker
Crowther Prunes and Custard
Pigtronix Attack/Sustain
Pigtronix Disnortion
DR Hi-Beam Bass Strings
Dunlop 2.0mm Picks

Joshua Hoffman (drums/vocals):

Tama Star Classic 4 Piece Maple Drum Kit
Ludwig 14″ Black Beauty Snare Drum
DW 5000 Kick Drum Pedal
Zildjian 14″ New Beat Hi-Hats
Sabian 16″ AA Bright Crash
Zildjian 19″ A Custom Crash
Sabian 21″ HH Raw-Bell Dry Ride
Vic Firth Extreme 5B Sticks

All mics through Neotek desk preamp except as noted

Drums (Kentucky)
Bass Drum Front: Beyer M380 -> 1176 Limiter Slow Release, 20:1
Bass Drum Batter: Shure SM98
Snare: Sony C37e -> NTI EQ
Rack Tom: Josephson E22s Top and Bottom
Floor Tom: Josephson E22s Top and Bottom
Overheads: Royer 122 (L&R) -> 1178 Limiter -> GML EQ + 678k + 3726k
M-S Stereo: AKG C24 M.S (0 + ∞) -> Electrical M-S Matrix
Room Ambience: Neumann CMV563 + N55k Capsules (L&R) -> 20ms Stereo Delay
Rimshot: Shure SM98 -> GML Limiter

Bass Guitar (Alcatraz)
Low: Beyer M380 -> Urei LA12 Limiter “Auto” – 3dB
High: Josephson E22s -> John Hardy M2 Preamp -> HPF 280Hz

Electric Guitar (Center Field)
Low: RCA74 (“Junior Velocity”) -> GML Preamp
High: Audio Technica Pro37 -> GML Preamp
Room Ambience: Crown PCC

Vocal (Kentucky facing Center Field)
Main: Neumann U48 -> John Hardy M2 Preamp -> 1176 Fast Release 20:1
Vocal Ambience: Crown PCC -> Expander Keyed to Vocal Mic

Electrical Audio Session Photos here
More information on Electrical Audio’s Rooms and Equipment here

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In July 2010, Grandfather is going to Chicago, IL to record their debut LP with engineer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies) at his studio Electrical Audio.

Famed for his devotion to analog recording methods, Albini’s rigorous, discerning, and maniac fixation on unencumbered sound is precisely what Grandfather seeks out.

There will be no ProTools. No reliance on digital manipulation. No overdubs or other unnecessary obstacles that create unwanted space between the performance and the recording; the listener and the music.

We will be recording directly onto 2″ tape through all analog recording gear – much of which is exclusive to Electrical Audio. The benefits of this process are tremendous, not only for pure sonic quality, but for the integrity of the performances.

We feel there is something truly special about a band recording onto tape; with its limited tracks and inimitable warmth. We feel that this unfiltered quality has been lost in the age of modern recording.

the pain
goes on
and on and on and on and on
but now
you’re here
it’s gone it’s gone it’s gone it’s gone

as the fires will enfold you
and the walls will try to hold you
who is that you’re letting go of?
someone you will never know of
how could we be so misguided?
always distant and divided

no one knows no one
that’s not like you
without no one
we can’t get through

what came before
that can’t be how
if all we have is now
then all i am is all i am at all

in the end there’s nothing more
cause we have all been here before
and no one knows no one
it can’t be true
when you’re no one
and i am you

what came before
that can’t be how
if all we have is now
then all i am is all i am at all

in front i cannot face it from the heart
i hide inside incase it falls apart

i’m sure that you’re unstable
then again
how is it that you’re strong but i’m not able?
how is that?
then again
how am i?

is the pressure too much?
not for nonesuch
and though we’re close now
i am so far gone

we’re all broke down, don’t remind us
knock it off!
that’s enough now
you’re asking for far too much of us
i’ve had enough
i’ve had it all
what have i?

is the pressure too much?
not for nonesuch
and though we’re close now
i am so far away

and as a day goes on for far too long
in a way to stay forever’s far too long
far too long for us

too late for this has been
the state of mind i’m in
before a moment’s gone
that never lasts for long

i faded from within
now nothing lies therein
and the longer this goes on
the more i notice it’s all wrong

if we could last forever
would we continue?

if it’s up to us
i don’t know how
there’s nothing i would not allow
that’s all gone now

if it’s all too much
then turn it down
to gasp for air is not to drown
it’s all gone now

all by myself this time
down to the dirt this time
all by myself again
down, down to the core
but where’d they go?
all by themselves this time
down, down to the core
where they want more
down to the core

where they can get inside us
nowhere they try to guide us
but if they get out, get out
now where’d they go?
they’re all gone

all by myself again
down to the dust again
all by myself this time
down, down to the core
but where’d you go
all by yourself this time
down, down to the core
where they want more
down to the core

where they can get inside us
nowhere they try to guide us
but if they get out, get out
now where’d they go?
they’re all gone

if you go down there, you can’t come back
you can’t come back they said, can’t come back
you can’t come back they said, no one can come back

you’re not allowed to enter here
you have gone too far

if you go down under, you can’t come back

so far they go to bring us closer to belong
how don’t they know i never notice anyone?

if it’s all for nothing
none of us can win
if it’s all or nothing
i’m all in

how can they say it’s not the same for some of us?
so far away where all the strangers are close enough

if it’s all for nothing
none of us can win
if it’s all or nothing
i’m all in

if it’s all for nothing
you won’t get far
you will not find it
i hope you know there’s not a way out

the hell you wake up to, hide it
you can fight it
don’t let up now

you should not give in to it
you can take it
aren’t you like that?

it’s already been before so they cannot help it
try to tell them not to try at all

it’s already been before so they cannot help us
we’re the one’s who have to get us

it’s already been before though we still forget it
we’re the one’s who have to let it
in towards us
redirect it
bring it forwards
bring it for us all

nothing ever dies so save all of your goodbyes
whoever cut ties, severed so we’d recognize
when nothing seems as it appears but it’s familiar
it’s good enough now

so what have we become?
now that we’re farther from
it’s all for none, it’s done for
what did you realize when your thoughts were compromised
and these infinities were falling in and out?
it’s good enough now

what is it if we solely saw from afar?
i never would have known who we are
but i went to a border
then went farther
i went to a border
went too far

do you find it fitting in a fit of laughter?
laugh laugh ha ha what now
it’s always fucking funny how
as long as nothings going wrong then it’s enough that
it’s good enough now

what is it if we solely saw from afar?
i never would have known who we are
but i went to a border
then went farther
i went to a border
we got found when
i went to a border
then went farther
i went to a border
went too far