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MONDO

by GRANT ARMOUR

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South East London vocalist / producer / director Grant Armour has made documentaries on subjects like drugs, rave culture, fetishes, mental health, prisons, ancient rituals, homelessness, LGBTQ+ rights and space tourism. In the past he has collaborated with Greta Thunberg and Brian Eno on docs about climate change and the moon landings respectively. Grant has recently made documentaries on cartels distributing counterfeit medication in Mexico & LA, human rights abuses against Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala, Scotland’s cocaine epidemic and a biopic on Noel Edmonds.

“I’m still curious and engaged in documenting humans. Most of my films are about the world outside, but my music is more about the world inside.”

Most of Grant’s music has been instrumental, as accompaniments to his own films but now he’s using his voice, moody breaks, creaking bass hooks, ethereal guitar textures and the obligatory angular solo to make low slung slacker pop for an uncertain world.

“While my previous singles have come from a dark and solitary place. With MONDO, I wanted to make a track that the listener could sit in like a comfortable armchair when dealing with any anxieties they may have with the state of the world or even just getting the fear from partying too much. I want it to be a tool to break out of the cycle of self-loathing that can happen after having a good time.”

Grant believes in self imposed limitations to create space in music, to capture the emotion and energy of the song and to communicate the initial idea more directly - so he typically writes and records his songs within 24 hours.

Most of Grant’s songs are about the human condition in the end times, isolation, perceptions of time and space, the loss of privacy and modern love.

“I’m yearning to make songs that span time, that aren’t anchored to a particular moment in culture or world history, so that listeners can jump in whenever they feel like”

lyrics

You think everybody hates you
But nobody’s thinking about you

Everybody’s more worried
About what people think of them
Most things you worry about
Never happen

Everybody’s more worried
About what people think of them
Most things you worry about
Never happen

Don’t regret the fun
You had last night
It’s ok to lose control
Sometimes
An element of risk and fear
Goes a long way
No one ever
Remembers what you say
Anyway

We could just stay at home
We could just stay at home
We could just stay at home
We could just stay at home
It’s so easy to be lonely
It’s so easy to be lonely
It’s so easy to be lonely
It’s so easy to be lonely

Everybody’s more worried
About what people think of them
Most things you worry about
Never happen

Everybody’s more worried
About what people think of them
Most things you worry about
Never happen

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released October 21, 2022
All words & music by Grant Armour
Performed, produced & mixed by Grant Armour
Mastered by Amir Shoat

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Greenock born, Southend-on-Sea raised director / composer Grant Armour, is now based in South East London where he has been making documentaries and film scores until now. Most of Grant’s music has been instrumental as accompaniments to his and other people's films but now he’s using his voice to make spacious and cinematic downtempo pop. ... more

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