Lana Del Rey isn’t the one one within the household with chops. Her dad, Rob Grant, is moving into the music enterprise this summer season when he drops his debut album. “Rob Grant right here! And the rumors are true! My new album Misplaced At Sea is popping out on June ninth,” wrote Grant on Instagram together with a picture of the album cowl, on which the hale and hearty singer stares out over the ocean as seagulls swarm round him.
Grant additionally launched the gathering’s first single, the majestic instrumental piano ballad “Setting Sail on a Distant Horizon,” which was co-produced by Del Rey’s frequent collaborator, Jack Antonoff together with Luke Howard. Whereas Lana doesn’t seem on that tune — although she reportedly provides vocals to 2 different songs on the album — the singer makes a smiling cameo in a promo video Grant posted.
Based on label Decca Data Grant’s compositions are the work of an admitted novice with a ardour for music. “An unintended recording artist, Grant has by no means had a lesson on any instrument in his life. No form of formal musical coaching in any respect. He can’t learn sheet music. However when he sits down at a piano, one thing magical occurs,” reads an outline on the label’s web site.
“Notes movement from him and out pours composition after composition. The daddy of worldwide icon Lana Del Rey, he enlisted an array of expertise to contribute to the making of the album.” The gathering guarantees options and writing help from his well-known daughter, in addition to manufacturing from Antonoff, Howard, Laura Sisk, and Zach Dawes.
Del Rey’s new album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Beneath Ocean Blvd, is due out on March 24.
Take a look at Grant’s album announce and take heed to “Setting Sail” under.
