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grentperez
releases highly antipated
‘WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER’ EP 

+ Focus track
‘STUCK ON YOU’ 

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Photo credit: Theo Batterham

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“Tailor-made for this generation of pop” 
– ROLLING STONE AU/NZ
 
“Set to be the next prince of pop, grentperez is not one to sleep on” 
– WONDERLAND MAGAZINE 

“the indie singer-songwriter has melted our hearts and enamored our ears” 
– ONES TO WATCH 

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Proving again his endless versatility as an artist, rising star grentperez has today released his highly anticipated EP ‘When We Were Younger’ and focus track ‘Stuck On You’, out now everywhere via AWAL and Fast Friends.

Conceived as a means to get out of a songwriting rut ‘When We Were Younger’ is a seven song collection centered around the concept of nostalgia. Motivated by a desire to stave off cynicism and embrace the carefree creativity of childhood, in his own words ‘When We Were Younger’ “is a collection of music each relating to figures of the past, whether it be in love, loss, families and friendship.”

On focus track ‘Stuck On You’ grentperez’s versatility exhibits itself repeatedly, presenting a strumming shuffler that rides sparkling keys and a spotless falsetto to tell a story of memories that just won’t shake. Recalling on old memories grentperez explains “I wrote this song the first time I had been away from my friends at home for more than a month. I felt like I left just as things were getting good, so this song was a recollection of fond memories and a call to make new ones and wanted to speak about making up for the time we’d lost since I’d been gone.”

Throughout ‘When We Were Younger’, grentperez displays a director’s knack for world-building where the discrete elements throughout the tracks are as disparate as one could imagine but together everything makes sense – different musical gestures and lyrics stimulating long-dormant memories while simultaneously providing a soundtrack for new ones. Fusing the signifiers of a wide variety of nostalgic sounds: his beloved bossa nova, yes, but also sprightly Philadelphia soul, the swelling strings of golden-era Hollywood, even the soundtracks and general vibe of 90s romcoms – the bold approach hits once you press play on the EP and the opening track busts in with a psychedelic spaghetti western fanfare. “I wanted to try to create a THX-style intro to the project,” he elaborates. “Kind of recreate the childhood thrill of booting up a VHS tape.”

Inspired by his parents record collection that soundtracked his childhood (Dionne Warwick, The Carpenters, The Bee Gees + more),  the intuitive and unexpected sonic detours throughout ‘When We Were Younger’ are what make grentperez’s breezy, lithe pop songs feel full of life.“Connecting with what I remember as a really lovely childhood grounds me in the real world and keeps me thinking of the important friends and family in my life,” grentperez explains, “it keeps me from getting ahead of myself.”  

Recently revealing his ‘growing up?’ international headline tour, grentperez will be taking his high-energy live show to 20 stops across the UK, Europe + USA later this year (with more to come), already completely selling out the 12 stops across the US.  Before that kicking off his ‘growing up?’ international headline tour, the Western-Sydney artist will finally be playing his rescheduled, sold-out ‘i’m cool i promise’ headline tour playing a 6-run stop of sold out shows across New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. With no signs of slowing down, over July + August grentperez will be joining Cavetown on their Bittersweet Daze Tour as a special guest alongside good friends mxmtoon & Ricky Montgomery across the USA.

grentperez’s ‘When We Were Younger’ EP is out now everywhere via Fast Friends & AWAL. Pre-order the ‘When We Were Younger’ EP physical vinyl HERE, to be released on 14 July.

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UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL
TOUR DATES

*headline show

‘i’m cool i promise’ North American headline tour
31st May – Mercury Lounge (New York, NY)* – SOLD OUT 
1st June – Mercury Lounge (New York, NY)* – SOLD OUT 
3rd June – Brick & Mortar (San Francisco, CA)* – SOLD OUT 
4th June – Brick & Mortar (San Francisco, CA)* – SOLD OUT 
6th June – The Echo (Los Angeles, CA)* – SOLD OUT 
7th June – The Echo (Los Angeles, CA)* – SOLD OUT

Cavetown’s
‘Bittersweet Daze’
Tour

– Tickets here

20th July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) – SOLD OUT
21st July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Cal Coast Credit Union Open (San Diego, CA)
23rd July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Frost Amphitheater (Stanford, CA)
25th July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Saltair (Magna, UT)
26th July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Levitt Pavilion (Denver, CO)
28th July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – St. Louis Music Park (Maryland Heights, MO)
29th July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – The Salt Shed (Chicago, IL)
30th July – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Rock The Ruins (Indianapolis, IN)
1st August – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Jacobs Pavillion (Cleveland, OH)
3rd August – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Summer Stage (New York, NY)
4th August – Bittersweet Daze Tour – Skyline Stage at The Mann (Philadelphia, PA)
5th August – Bittersweet Daze Tour – The Palladium Outdoors (Worcester, MA)

‘growing up?’
UK & EU headline tour

– Tickets here

Sept 13th – Point Ephemere (Paris, France)*
Sept 14th – Helios37 (Cologne, Germany)* 
Sept 15th – Badehaus (Berlin, Germany)*
Sept 17th – Melkweg OZ (Amsterdam, Netherlands)*
Sept 20th – 02 Academy Islington (London, UK)*  – SOLD OUT 
Sept 21st – The Deaf Institute (Manchester, UK)*
Sept 22nd – King Tuts (Glasgow, UK)*
Sept 24th – Academy Green Room (Dublin, Ireland)*  – SOLD OUT 

‘growing up?’
North America headline tour

– Tickets here

Oct 20th – Polaris Hall (Portland, OR)*  – SOLD OUT 
Oct 21st – Neumos (Seattle, WA)* – SOLD OUT 
Oct 22nd – Vogue Theatre (Vancouver, BC)* – SOLD OUT 
Oct 27th – 7th St Entry (Minneapolis, MN)*- SOLD OUT 
Oct 30th – Danforth Music Hall (Toronto, ON)* – SOLD OUT 
Nov 3rd – Union Stage (Washington, DC)* – SOLD OUT 
Nov 7th – Aisle 5  (Atlanta, GA)* – SOLD OUT 
Nov 8th – Basement East (Nashville, TN)* – SOLD OUT 
Nov 10th – HOB Cambridge Room (Dallas, TX)*  – SOLD OUT 
Nov 11th – HOB Bronze Peacock (Houston, TX)* – SOLD OUT 
Nov 12th – Antones (Austin, TX)* – SOLD OUT 
Nov 14th – Valley Bar (Phoenix, AZ)*  – SOLD OUT 

‘WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER’ EP
+ ‘STUCK ON YOU’ – GRENTPEREZ

OUT NOW EVERYWHERE  

Listen / stream here

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