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Los Angeles-based Your Grandparents make music that hints to the nostalgia of previous decades without feeling dated. The trio isn’t cemented to just one genre, either. The friends founded Your Grandparents, using the moniker as a nod to the elders who introduced them to classic artists and inspired their musical tastes, in 2014. Originally, the trio released rap music, but their work quickly grew to incorporate the various genres that have inspired their musicianship. When asked about the albums that have inspired them lately, the men rattle off a variety of projects including D’Angelo’s Voodoo, Erykah Badu’s Baduism, The Fugees’ The Score and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.
Fueled by a recent trip to Paris, ghettoblasterman says the group’s forthcoming debut album Thru My Window is about “the different types of loves that you can encounter.” Far away from their native Los Angeles and experiencing the romantic challenges that come with dating in your early 20s, the three experienced the emotional and musical clarity that allowed them to finish the project in months. It’s their quickest creative endeavor to date. Thru My Window is also the first project where the trio could utilise other musicians and live instrumentation, resulting in their strongest productions to date.
‘So Damn Fly‘, the project’s lead single, is anchored around a psychedelic bassline and electronic guitar licks. The video, directed and produced by Your Grandparents, further displays the 70s era that inspired the single. The video for ‘Tomorrow‘, a song about pursuing a love interest despite the uncertainty it involves, borrows from the Blaxploitation films popularised in the same decade. Your Grandparents utilised various recording techniques to get the desired effect for their genre-blending debut album. The group credits their cohesive sound to their years-long friendship, which began when they were each about 13 years old. “Our tastes have kind of combined into one. There’s not a lot of communication on the creation end that has to happen. We just fall into place,” ghettoblasterman says.
‘Sunlight‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
THRU MY WINDOW
The debut album by Your Grandparents
July 16
Pre-order here
TRACKLIST
So Damn Fly
Tomorrow
Sunlight
Comfortable
Intoxicated
Past Love
Red Room
Down the Road
Digest
Jasmine
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