Grandaddy Paint A Lonely, Haiku-Like Scene On Underneath The Weeping Willow (Piano Version) From The Sophtware Slump ….. On A Wooden Piano | Shore Fire Media

23 October, 2020Print

Grandaddy Paint A Lonely, Haiku-Like Scene On “Underneath The Weeping Willow (Piano Version)” From The Sophtware Slump ….. On A Wooden Piano

20th Anniversary Sophtware Slump 4xLP Vinyl Set Out November 20th

LISTEN TO “UNDERNEATH THE WEEPING WILLOW (PIANO VERSION)” HERE: https://ffm.to/weepingwillowpiano  

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/hNYQSnJg_fA

PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE 'THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP ….. ON A WOODEN PIANO': https://ffm.to/onawoodenpiano

 

Today, Grandaddy shares “Underneath The Weeping Willow (Piano Version),” the latest track from The Sophtware Slump ….. on a wooden piano, out November 20 on Dangerbird Records. Stripped of the original’s buzzing ambiance, the new version of “Underneath The Weeping Willow” emphasizes the song’s almost haiku-like austerity: a moment alone with nature in the midst of an album haunted by the specter of technology. 

It’s a stunning, wistful performance from Jason Lytle that unveils the wounded soul at the heart of The Sophtware Slump’s slack guitars and grandiose thrift store synthesizers. Listen to “Underneath The Weeping Willow (Piano Version)” here:https://ffm.to/weepingwillowpiano

Watch a performance video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hNYQSnJg_fA

Pre-Order/Pre-Save The Sophtware Slump ….. on a wooden piano:https://ffm.to/onawoodenpiano

The Sophtware Slump ….. on a wooden piano will be released digitally and as part of a 4-LP boxed set The Sophtware Slump 20th Anniversary Collection on November 20th through Dangerbird Records. A standalone LP and CD release of The Sophtware Slump ….. on a wooden piano will follow on February 19th, 2021.

….. on a wooden piano recasts Grandaddy’s “sad, quaint, low-key Y2K-era classic” (Pitchfork) The Sophtware Slump as a stark, lonesome set that highlights Lytle’s sharp melodies and the album’s prescient perspective on technological alienation. In an age of unprecedented connectivity, these songs spoke to significant solitude — and, performed solo on piano in the midst of the social distancing era, that solitude resounds even louder in 2020. 

Listen to ….. on a wooden piano version of “The Crystal Lake,” which according to SPIN transforms the original into “a tender piano track that showcases Jason Lytle’s haunting, lonely lyrics”: https://youtu.be/MXwCreLCUrU 

Additionally, Grandaddy will be participating in the Record Store Day Black Friday drop on November 27 with an exclusive first-ever 12” vinyl EP pressing of the rare Grandaddy track “RIP Coyote Condo #5” featuring all new solo piano versions of Belle & Sebastian’s “The Fox In The Snow” and The Beach Boys’ “In My Room.” More info here:https://recordstoreday.com/PromotionalItem/13172 

Grandaddy formed in 1992 in Modesto, CA and have released five official LPs, most recently 2017’s Last Place. Grandaddy members include Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Tim Dryden, and the late Kevin Garcia, who passed away in 2017.

THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP ….. ON A WOODEN PIANO TRACKLIST

1. He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot (Piano Version)


2. Hewlett's Daughter (Piano Version)


3. Jed the Humanoid (Piano Version)


4. The Crystal Lake (Piano Version)


5. Chartsengrafs (Piano Version)


6. Underneath the Weeping Willow (Piano Version)


7. Broken Household Appliance National Forest (Piano Version)


8. Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) (Piano Version)


9. E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real) (Piano Version)


10. Miner At The Dial-a-View (Piano Version)


11. So You'll Aim Toward the Sky (Piano Version)


The 4xLP version includes a re-mastered version of the original record, the new ...on a wooden piano, and 2 LPs of rarities including the Signal to Snow Ratio and Through a Frosty Plate Glass EPs all for the first time on vinyl.

Pre-order here: https://ffm.to/sophtwareslump20

 

GRANDADDY ON THE WEB

https://www.grandaddymusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/grandaddymusic/

https://twitter.com/JasonLytle

https://www.instagram.com/jasonlytle/