{"product_id":"grayson-gilmour-holding-patterns","title":"Grayson Gilmour - Holding Patterns (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrayson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGilmour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e has announced a brand new album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e — his first full-length release in over six years, is due out on the 3rd November 2023 via \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlying\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNun\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRecords\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and will be available digitally, and on a range of limited edition coloured vinyl; red, blue, yellow or black.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGrayson Gilmour is an award-winning song writer, film score composer and performer. He has toured internationally as both a solo artist, and part of the post-punk outfit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo So Modern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, releasing works on labels all around the world. Following his previous albums \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Constellation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (2010), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfinite Life!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (2014),\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Otherness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (2017), the upcoming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e album is Grayson Gilmour’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003efourth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e full-length release with New Zealand indie label \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlying Nun Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCuriosity is the driving force behind Grayson’s musical journey. Having released his previous multifaceted album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOtherness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (complete with its 360° music videos and web sampler) to critical acclaim, he is currently lecturing at Massey University’s College of Creative Arts, between film scoring projects and live performances. In the time since the release of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOtherness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e in 2017, Grayson has become a parent of two. A typical response to becoming a parent might be that you slow down and make gentle music – while an element of that might be true within\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Holding Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, for the most part Grayson wanted to create rhythmically driven music that would allow him to dance through all the turbulence of parenthood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Music has always been a form of escapism for me – a remedy of sorts – it always fulfills something that my life or surroundings can’t. I guess while I was tip-toeing around a sleeping baby during the pandemic lockdowns, what I really wanted to do was be loud! Luckily, I could channel this energy into my music.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOn the name of the project, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrayson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e says \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I was drawn to ‘Holding Patterns’ as a title for the album because it spoke to the sensation of putting my life on hold while I figured out who I was, and wanted to be, as a parent. The meaning is multifaceted – it’s inherently intimate, but it’s also bittersweet – temporary, fleeting.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCurious to work with different instrumentation, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrayson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eGilmour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e ensured that there is practically no guitar on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Any conventional piano or key parts were eventually rearranged into winds, strings or weird synth textures. Consequently, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHolding Patterns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is the artist’s most collaborative album to date. Improvisation was encouraged in most of the recording sessions with collaborators – the instrumental ‘Holding Patterns’ was actually completely improvised and re-assembled in the studio. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFurthermore, the more people he invited into the album; the more enjoyable it became – which perhaps explains why there are so many contributors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrayson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e came across \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryce\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWymer’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e art via a feature in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuxtapoz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eMagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e years ago and felt an immediate connection with it. He commissioned Bryce to design the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e album artwork, and the relationship between the visual and aural have proven to be a perfect pairing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“I guess one of the side-effects of the pandemic \/ working from home was that I became comfortable with contacting people out-of-the-blue. Bryce was immediately keen and we worked really well together – sharing a lot of mu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003esic interests \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand embarrassing sympathies for cliché hardcore bands!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VofOjKXQ-a0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolding Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is out on the 3rd November 2023 via \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlying\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNun\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRecords\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and will be available digitally, and on a range of limited edition coloured vinyl; red, blue, yellow or black.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grayson Gilmour","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596821238095,"sku":"FN616LP","price":6.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. 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