Jenn Grant

Born and raised on Prince Edward Island, Halifax-based Jenn Grant
embodies the naked melancholy of roots, and the shimmering
effervescence of vintage AM pop. She understands the cosmic connection between Patsy Cline and Brian Wilson, and her oeuvre has elements of both polarities and everything in between. She intuits the power of nuance and beguiles like no other singer you are likely to hear.

Orchestra for the Moon, Grant’s debut full-length is a lush album of
textured pop that puts her honeyed voice front and center. Whether
accompanied by her band The Night Painters (“Dreamer”), stripped
down to orchestral harp (“Rainy Day”) or string quartet (“Blue Skies”),
Grant’s vocals remain the focal point. On “In a Brown House”, she duets with legendary songwriter Ron Sexsmith, and the result is tender and moving.

Recorded at CBC’s studio H in Halifax, and produced by the Heavy
Blinkers’ David Christensen and Jason MacIsaac, Orchestra for the
Moon boasts a who’ s who of the city’s finest. Matt Mays, Jill Barber,
and Dale Murray (Cuff the Duke, Hylozoists) all contribute to this
special album that mines a smooth pop vein, while staying true to
Grant’s dizzying live performance.

At times country, and other times, venturing into reggae and baroque,
Orchestra For The Moon introduces a fine songwriter with a timeless,
soulful voice. Grant is as convincing in the muted and dulcet tones of
Francoise Hardy or Astrud Gilberto, as she is belting out gritty and
world-weary tones akin to Stevie Nicks. This album consolidates
elements of Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis and traces of
Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac, into a pastoral folk-pop album as magical
as the woman who created it.

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