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Songbyrd Presents
Grace Mitchell with Surf Rock is Dead and NAH.
Monday July 31, 2017
D: 7:30 // S: 8:00 PM
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19-year-old Grace Mitchell, with two EPs under her belt, is busy finalizing her debut full-length album. Though she has admittedly explored a number of different sounds on the tracks leading up to her forthcoming LP, Mitchell’s eclectic approach is a natural response to growing up immersed in music—always discovering new interests and gradually fine-tuning her most impactful inspirations.
These diverse references can be heard through her album’s first two singles, each offering a very different side of Mitchell. On her Nirvana-leaning track, “Kids (Ain’t All Right),” Mitchell scream-sings about political frustrations above grizzly, blaring guitars and unforgiving drums. Mitchell’s more recent release, “NOW,” lets those sizzling guitar riffs cool, looping in more soaring pop synths, bubbly piano melodies and a powerful chorus that begs the existential question, “Don’t you wanna be in the now?”
Grace Mitchell admits wariness of most labels attached to her as an artist, but remains unabashedly proud of her position as an ally advocating for LGBT rights. Whether it’s a simple tweet or a more formal declaration like the piece she contributed to a series of love letters by artists curated by Billboard for the LGBT community in honor of Gay Pride Month, Mitchell is uncompromising in her public support of those of any gender or sexuality.
Following the release of its first three singles, Out Magazine describes Mitchell’s forthcoming album as “one of the year’s most well-rounded pop projects” the most recent of which being “Cali God” which combines hip-hop influenced production with alternative pop and rock undertones.
