Boy From Michigan: Gatefold Vinyl 2LP Buzzcocks Though a strong avant-garde undercurrent

Though a strong avant-garde undercurrent flowed through his music

His inspiration came not from ‘pop’ but 20th-century classical music and jazz from the late fifties and sixties (there is a distinct flavour of Miles Davis – ‘In A Silent Way’ here) and is one of the quietest and most intimate records ever made – creating an exceptional atmosphere in which the listener can submerge

indicating that Talking Heads were connecting with an audience ready to follow their musical evolution

The album’s title encapsulates the record’s essence

But it’s the raw emotion of Wright’s vocal delivery

Boy From Michigan: Gatefold Vinyl 2LP Buzzcocks Though a strong avant-garde undercurrentProduced by longtime friend Cate Le Bon, Boy from Michigan is Grants most autobiographical and melodic work to date. Grant stopped being a boy in Michigan aged twelve, when his family moved to Denver, Colorado, shifting rust to bible belt, a further vantage point to watch collective dreams unravel. Across 12 tracks, Grant lays out his past for careful cross examination. In a decade of making records by himself, he has playfully experimented with mood,