The Austin 100: Great Grandpa

Great Grandpa. West Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Great Grandpa.
West Smith/Courtesy of the artistHometown: Seattle, Washington
Genre: Rock
Why We're Excited: On 2019's tremendous Four of Arrows, Great Grandpa crafts an alternately tense and jangly set of songs about soothing fears, overcoming separation and getting out of your own head. At times anthemic, at times lightly countrified and at times both, Great Grandpa's sound feels wired for the present day — steeped in existential anxiety, uncompromising in its grandiosity.
Listen to Great Grandpa's "Bloom"
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