Why I'd Try

VINYL FORMAT. Limited to 300 copies! Grandfather is Joshua Hoffman (vocals/drums), Michael Kirsch (guitar) and Jonathan Silverman (bass), and their debut record Why I'd Try was recorded and mixed at Electrical Audio in Chicago, IL with Steve Albini and mastered and Chicago Mastering Service with Bob Weston in July 2010, and released in August 2010. The perfect embodiment of "less is more," New York based three piece Grandfather fashion dynamic, intense and violently rhythmic psychedelic rock. Far from a traditional power rock trio, the band creates a massive, caterwauling maelstrom from the simple concept of allowing each instrument to reach its sonic peak. Conjuring the sounds of a band twice its size, their music is ripe with complex melodies and a lockstep rhythm section (Josh Hoffman, Jonathan Silverman), set against the tempestuous, experimental guitar playing of Michael Kirsch. Lead vocal duties are also fronted by Josh Hoffman, their energetic heavy-hitting drummer, and provide an aching, emotional fragility to their music. The result is an otherworldly sound - one eager to brashly burst at the seams with razor sharp stabs of feedback and an aggressive rhythmic attack; yet delicate and mature enough to pack a stunning emotional heft. Firm believers in the raw, unencumbered sound of the analog recording process, Grandfather and Steve Albini have managed to capture the band's frenetic, live-in-the-room intensity and created a singular, ruminative and altogether bracing introduction to their world.