Swedish alt pop star GRANT has released her new album ‘Truth & Consequences’ today via Sony Sweden, with focus track ‘Feel Love’. Stream the album here.
‘Truth & Consequences’ illuminates the infinite complexities of human connection. “In many ways you start to see yourself for the first time when observed by another person,” says GRANT. “There are so many aspects of being close to someone I wanted to write about—like how sometimes I feel anxious or paranoid or annoyed or bored, even though everything with my partner is so lovely for the most part. They’re all very natural elements of a relationship, but I needed to give myself the space to understand that better.”
With its title taken from a remote New Mexico town GRANT once visited on a road trip with a friend, ‘Truth & Consequences’ examines what she sums up as “the consequences of our actions, and the truths I sometimes have difficulty sharing with my partner.” Recorded in Stockholm with co-writers and producers like Jonny Coffer (Lykke Li, Beyoncé), Peter Kvint (Eagle Eye Cherry, a-ha) and Max Martin’s young protegé Elvira Anderfjärd (Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran) ‘Truth & Consequences’ matches its emotional intensity with a fantastically mercurial sound. In bringing the album to life, GRANT composed most of her songs on piano, then adorned each arrangement with a brilliant constellation of sonic details (frenetic guitar tones, radiant synths, potent drum-machine rhythms). At turns explosive and fragile, euphoric and operatic, the result is a body of the work that immediately envelops the audience in its enchanting atmosphere, and ultimately leaves them indelibly transformed by her daring self-revelation.
Having been nominated for a Swedish GRAMMY, secured support slots with Tove Styrke on tour as well as being named “Artist of The Future” from Swedish National Radio P3 (equivalent of BBCR1), GRANT has quickly proved herself as one of Europe’s finest exports. Her new album is the first full body of work to be released since her acclaimed ‘Vertigo EP’ released in 2020, lauded by UK tastemakers The Line of Best Fit, Dork, 1883, Music Week and Nothing But Hope and Passion for its innovative melding of pop with UK garage and early house music.
