After recently introducing himself to the fold with his breakthrough debut single 'Diesel' earlier this year, emerging artist Grizzly Feeder now looks to continue his dynamic ascent with the immersive new offering 'God Size'.
Lifted from his newly unveiled album 'The Universe At Play', which is available to stream now, 'God Size' makes for an incredibly bold and euphoric listen. Describing the sound as "Lana Del Rey meets Deftones", he is certainly looking to turn plenty of heads with this one.
So with the new single out now, we sat down with him to find out more about his origins and influences over the years.
What was the first band or artist you fell in love with?
The most under-appreciated songwriter of the 80s and 90s: is Tanya Donelly. The songs she wrote and sang with the Breeders, Belly, and Throwing Muses still shake me to my core. Songs that sound like nothing else that’s ever been out there.
Did you ever form a band when you were younger and if so, what did they sound like?
Yeah, but we had to turn the lights off in my basement while we played to keep from cracking each other up. I’m not sure we were very good. We never really got past doing hardcore versions of Led Zepplin and Sex Pistols songs.
What has been your primary inspiration in writing music?
Exploring new landscapes, both internal and external. Of the cosmos, the planet and the heart. “Comet” is a love story between a comet and our planet which leads to the end of the human race. “God Size” cries of a conquistador’s addiction to discovery, even as the new world seduces him into its heart, destroys him, and finally embraces him as he’s born anew.
What is a song you wish you had written yourself?
Oh my God, that is an amazing question. Wow. I’d have to go with “Video Games” by Lana del Rey. Makes me shiver whenever I hear it. That melody is just heart-rending. I’ve listened to close to a thousand young singers trying to make it in LA. So many of them are so talented. But often they are trying to sound the same and show off. They’re trying to sound like the latest R&B pop singers and doing what I call “over-singing”-- hitting like 17 different notes in a single line. What’s nearly impossible is trying to find that needle in the haystack who can go practically monotone, and yet own the words they sing. Subtly turn them into sounds we had never imagined, melodies that haunt us to our marrow. That is something that can never be taught. That’s what Lana del Rey has. The first vocalist that I worked with, Jessica Curle, has that ability too. One of my favourite things was turning all the other sounds off in the studio, and just listening to her sing, to what she did with my words, the way she could curl her lips around them, and the subtle tectonic shifts. Her talent still breaks my heart into a million pieces. She could just sing the two words “Grizzly Feeder” off the cusp in a way that makes you go, what the fuck, how would someone think to make those words sound like that?! I put some of those samples in the songs, including the “Grizzly Feeder” sample in the song of the same name. Real power is in subtly. A whisper rather than a scream.
If there was any moment in your career you could relive, what would it be?
Shooting the video for “House of the Rising Sun.” On our fourth day, we were standing in the middle of the Mojave desert, after my truck wrecked 50 miles from a road, watching the light fail, a crew of 20 realised we didn’t get half the shots we should have because a vital crew member didn’t show up on time. And yet the DP and I found enough calm to just shoot the actor Dasha Leidy, half-naked and freezing, looking into the camera, the golden hour and blue hour married on her bloody face, as was ferocity and terror, as she realises how the world is going to end. Dasha is one of the most amazing talents I’ve ever worked with. Now that moment starts the “House of the Rising Sun” video.
Which artist would you most love to share a stage with?
Tori Amos AND Parkway Drive.
And is there an artist you would love to collaborate with as well?
The singer from Vagabond.
Where do you see yourself in five years time?
Antarctica. My father went on a research mission and became part of the Antarctic Martini Club. I found the certificate saying so, hidden behind a photo after he passed away. Now I gotta get one too. It’s the only continent I haven’t been to.
Grizzly Feeder's new single 'God Size' is out now. Watch the video for it below.
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