Friday, March 24th: Today, genre-smashing alternative artist grandson announces his new album I Love You, I’m Trying out May 5th via Fueled By Ramen. Where his past work tackled political and social issues in nature, the new album turns the lens definitely inward resulting in a 12 track collection of grandson’s most personal and vulnerable songwriting to date.

“I’m painting the intimate portrait of myself I know how – covering themes of self harm, family trauma, the hidden side of life on the road, and so much more,” grandson shares. “This is the album that 16 year old me needed. This is the album I was scared to write and the album fans of mine deserve to hear. Above all this is the album where I face a big question: can I handle the changes life throws at me, and if this all that there is to life, can it be enough to be happy?”

New energetic single, “Drones” is out today. Pivoting from spoken lyrics to a frantic chorus vocal performance, the track is an industrial dance-punk anthem that revels in the bad feelings. Exploring new sonic heights, the track’s evolved production provides a perfect backdrop for weighty lyrics – “Tell me one good lie / so I can sleep at night / Hurt me one more time / I want to feel alive.”

“‘Drones’ is a twisting, spiraling journey through the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day when the hard truth may bury us,” the multi-platinum artist shares. “I wanted to pay homage to bands like Tool and System of a Down known for unpredictable time signatures but bring 808s and hip hop into it” 

Listen & watch the visualizer here: https://youtu.be/Medey4y-Dsc

grandson creates sonic landscapes and writes songs to feel understood. After being labeled a “political artist” (which he is honored to be considered) he felt slightly boxed in by the title. The overwhelming pressure of writing a song to “change the world” and imposter syndrome had taken over, pushing to the brink of burnout. After 2020’s daring theatrical debut album, Death of an Optimist, the singer-songwriter wanted to create a project where he felt like he had “something to lose.” An album that featured honest conversations about his struggles that he was so desperately trying to overcome through songwriting in the first place. “I didn’t feel like I was bringing all of me to the table,” he says.

Cue, I Love You, I’m Trying which comes from a place of surrender – a surrender to control the narrative. It’s a deep dive into the psyche of a fragile, oft-emotionally unstable and yet wildly creative force. The result is a stunning, ambitious achievement, and one that peels back the layers of grandson’s public persona in ways he never could have imagined. A bold undertaking, the album was written with a sense of survival and urgency – the artist penned more than 40 songs, whittling them down to the essentials which appear on the 12 track collection. 

From “Two Along Their Way,” which features a repurposed old recording from his father, to the chugging hip hop alternative anthem and lead single “Eulogy” (which has poignant and relevant line - “Do I exist if I don’t exist on the internet”) grandson has the unique ability to lay himself bare, to reveal himself to his listeners and bring them along on the journey with him through life. 

grandson will embark on a massive global headline tour. Kicking things off with a two-month North American trek, the U.S. leg is set to begin on May 12th in San Diego, CA at the House of Blues and visits major markets coast-to-coast. Featuring special guests K. Flay, Jack kays, DE’WAYNE and No Love For The Middle Child on select dates, it rolls through Chicago, IL for a performance at the House of Blues on June 11th before concluding in Hampton Beach, NH at Wally’s on July 11th. The upcoming tour will also see grandson visiting Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Tickets for all dates are on sale now and see below for grandson’s full tour routing. 

For more information on the upcoming dates, visit www.grandsonmusic.com/tour. 

GRANDSON TOUR ROUTING: 

May 12th – House Of Blues – San Diego, California #

May 14th – Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, New Mexico #

May 16th – Warehouse Live – Houston, Texas #

May 17th – Tech Port Center – San Antonio, Texas #

May 18th – House Of Blues – Dallas, Texas #

May 19th – Joy Theater – New Orleans, Louisiana #

May 21st – Welcome to Rockville Festival – Daytona Beach, Florida @

May 22nd – The Ritz Ybor – Tampa, Florida #

May 23rd – The Masquerade (Heaven) – Atlanta, Georgia #

May 24th – Skydeck – Nashville, Tennessee #

May 26th – The National – Richmond, Virginia #

May 27th – The Fillmore – Charlotte, North Carolina #

May 28th – Sonic Temple Festival – Columbus, Ohio @

May 29th – The Fillmore – Silver Spring, Maryland #

May 31st – House Of Blues – Boston, Massachusetts #

June 2nd – Toads – New Haven, Connecticut #

June 3rd – Webster Hall – New York, New York *

June 4th – Franklin Music Hall – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

June 5th – Roxian Theatre – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *

June 6th – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, Indiana *

June 9th – St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, Michigan *

June 11th – House Of Blues – Chicago, Illinois * 

June 12th – Palace Theatre – St. Paul, Minnesota *

June 13th – The Rave – Milwaukee, Wisconsin *

June 15th – The Admiral – Omaha, Nebraska *

June 16th – The Factory – St. Louis, Missouri *

June 17th – Boulevardia Festival – Kansas City, Missouri @

June 19th – Mission Ballroom – Denver, Colorado *

June 20th – The Complex – Salt Lake City, Utah *

June 22nd – Revolution Concert House – Boise, Idaho *

June 23rd – Showbox SoDo – Seattle, Washington *

June 24th – Roseland Theatre – Portland, Oregon *

June 26th – Warfield Theatre – San Francisco, California *

June 27th – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, California *

June 29th – Van Buren – Phoenix, Arizona * 

July 1st – Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ^

July 2nd – Growlers – Memphis, Tennessee ^

July 3rd – Bogarts – Cincinnati, Ohio ^

July 5th – Empire Live Underground – Albany, New York ^

July 9th – Aura – Portland, Maine ^

July 10th – The Met – Pawtucket, Rhode Island ^

July 11th – Wally’s – Hampton Beach, New Hampshire ^

K.Flay (Direct Support May 12th – June 29th)

* Jack Kays

# DE’WAYNE

^ No Love For The Middle Child & grandson only

@ Festival Date

ABOUT GRANDSON

grandson molds genres, sculpting rock, hip-hop, and electronic into a vision of alternative you’ve never quite heard, seen, or felt before. Having amassed a staggering 1 billion streams and counting, the platinum-certified Canadian / American maverick flouts boundaries only to achieve stylistic unity with alacrity. He infiltrated culture as a sonic insurgent with a pair of EPs—a modern tragedy Vol. 1-2—and the 2x platinum single “Blood // Water.” In 2020, he continued to engage with his epically enigmatic full-length debut, Death of An Optimist. He’s the rare outlier who can appear with Senator Bernie Sanders on a livestream and contribute two songs to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, namely “Oh No!!!” [with VIC MENSA & Masked Wolf] and “Rain” [with Jessie Reyez]—also remixed by star Idris Elba. Meanwhile, he’s impressively collaborated with everyone from Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Steve Aoki to Travis Barker, Kesha, K. Flay, X Ambassadors, Whethan, Two Feet, and DE’WAYNE, to name a few. Speaking of high-powered collabs, he impressively joined forces with Tom Morello for “Hold The Line” and performed the latter on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with the legendary guitarist. In addition, he has incited the applause of Rolling Stone, Variety, Billboard and many more as he continues to quietly reshape alternative with more music and surprises in 2023.

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