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Grandaddy Announce Re-Release Of Seminal Album

• 29th Jun 2011

Whilst Grandaddy never exactly achieved mainstream success – they were one of those bands during the nineties that made music richer. Their unique musicianship and influence as made it's mark on many of today's most compelling artists – with Midlake, Modest Mouse, Conor Oberst, MGMT and The National all singing their praises.

The band's classic album The Sophtware Slump – originally released in 2000 – is now being given the deluxe release treatment with an entire second disc of bonus material selected by Jason Lytle and Jim Fairchild – who also provide refreshingly honest sleeve notes.

The bonus material includes non-album singles, B-sides, EP tracks – plus two previously unreleased demos for “Beautiful Ground” and “Hewlett's Daughter”.

As their liner notes reveal, the recording and immediate aftermath of The Sophtware Slump's release were life changing (and life enhancing) times for the group. Says Jason Lytle: “I do love this album….. as I love all of the albums I have made. Although I rarely (if ever) listen to them….. I do love them. I should just say that I never could have predicted the places it would go and the places it would end up taking us. All of the people it affected and the doors it opened for us…..  It really has been astounding!”
Jim Fairchild’s sentiments are the same: “During the time between early 1999 and late 2001, from the beginning of the process of making that album ‘till the last shows were played in Brazil, whose months and years would define me and alter me and definitively shape who I am right now; everything went from being about to change to making its way around the bend all the way to being something different.”

The Deluxe Reissue of The Sophtware Slump is released via Universal / V2 on August 22nd.

MSD