Bio
Originaire de Cambridge, Paul Grundy (voix, piano, guitare) dévoile des textes tantôt satiriques, tantôt sentimentaux, sans jamais verser dans l'eau de rose. Adepte de formes simples, il laisse à chacun le soin de s'approprier la poésie qui émane des harmonies délicates de sa musique. Ses concerts sont des moments suspendus qui s'attaquent aussi bien aux grandes qu'aux petites questions de la vie.
What kind of music does an ex-student of French at Manchester and Sheffield make as an Englishman in France? The youthful love of heartfelt folk (Nick Drake), of Northern English groove (The Happy Mondays), and the poetic irreverence of The Fall or John Cooper Clarke, never dies. Nor does the passion for a pensive lyric set to something trippy (Robert Wyatt, ideally). But the French experience, and chanson française itself, invites other approaches. Storytelling is cool. Even whispering. Alphabetic games are encouraged. Gainsbourg was a genius of wordplay. And the 'work to live' outlook might provide the time, beyond perfecting one's table-football skills, to see how a jocular or wistful mood fits with a piano, guitar or ambient background.
Paul Grundy, afkomstig van Cambridge, is bedreven in de kunst van muzikale eenvoud. Met behulp van een verfijnde gitaar of luchtige piano toets onthult de ingetogen Engelsman melodieën die sterk genoeg zijn gemaakt om de volledige reikwijdte van zijn persoonlijke, doch satirische teksten te dragen (Den Hopsack, Antwerp).
Stuff We'll Never Solve (2009). 11 songs (pop-folk).
https://tallpaulgrundy.bandcamp.com/album/stuff-well-never-solve
Reading Habit (2013). 9 songs (pop-folk).
https://structurerec.bandcamp.com/album/reading-habit
Solid Idols (2016). Audio book. A-Z of musical portraits (narrative, progressive).
https://paulgrundy1.bandcamp.com/album/solid-idols
The Grundys (2018). 7 songs. Paul & Chloé Grundy.
https://tallpaulgrundy.bandcamp.com/album/the-grundys
Repairs (2020). 11 Piano songs and meditations.
https://tallpaulgrundy.bandcamp.com/album/extracts-from-repairs-album-2020
Assembly Time (2022). 10 satires (pop, swing, experimental).
https://tallpaulgrundy.bandcamp.com/album/assembly-time
Beware the Weathercock (2024). 10 songs and meditations (piano, guitar, electronic).
https://tallpaulgrundy.bandcamp.com/album/beware-the-weathercock