Cut From The Cloth

'An acoustic balladeer who sings direct, honest music delivered alternately with the fire of a street preacher or the quiet of a gravedigger' -INsite Magazine, Austin, TX (SXSW preview). 'Grampadrew will drink you under the table with tales of broken hearts, whiskey and women. Your hangover cure...or the cause of it.' 'Grampadrew tears his heart out and leaves it on the stage. He does crazy things with a loop pedal too!' SD Citybeat Grampadrew's debut full length blows doors off expectations from the first chord. Punching you in the chest with big electric guitars right from the start, you may wonder what happened to this acoustic singer/songwriter when he hit the studio. But keep listening. This record travels a ton of musical ground over the course of 40 minutes. From post-punk influences such as Joy Division, to a clear love of the holy country trinity of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, this album goes from loud feedback and hollared choruses to songs that sound like they are country standards that are decades old. Threaded between all this you are hit with mariachi trumpets, glockenspiels and odd syntheziser sounds run through space echos. All of this is anchored by a solid base of acoustic guitar, cello, violin and intensely personal (and at times political) lyrics. This album manages to keep you on your toes, while still achieving the feet of creating the dying art of the full-length record that was meant to be played front to back. Enjoy the journey and be forewarned: You are bound to find yourself travelling this road again and again, until it's twisting path becomes a favorite 40 minute jaunt.