Album Review: Quit This City
Grandtheft
Pirates Blend Records
soundcloud.com/grandtheft
The music world is saturated with talented artists, limitless skill and dedication exist in the hearts of young people all fighting for their chance to make it big and share their craft with the world. In today’s digitally driven world, the chance for artists to share a piece of themselves with the world is tenfold; anyone with enough drive can make themselves known to the greater music community with just a few simple clicks.
Talented new artists are so ubiquitous that its oftentimes too easy for extra talented individuals to fall through the cracks without getting the recognition they deserve. Grandtheft is one such new artist. His debut EP Quit This City, shows Grandtheft arriving on the scene ready to show the world exactly who he is: a genre-bending DJ with the enough talent to attract features way above his pay grade.
Every track on Quit This City follows a different stylistic direction. From the house-inspired “Hold On” to the socially conscious reggae track “Politics,”Grandtheft repeatedly proves that he is unrestricted by the bounds of conventional genre.
Some may say that Grandtheft spreads himself too thin on this album, trying to check all the boxes for appealing genres, but it can be argued that he does so with such meticulousness that he manages to spread himself thin without completely disappearing between the wide expanses of genres he explores. Whether you’re in the mood for a down-tempo background song for your next party or a pounding trap beat, Grandtheft will have you covered with Quit This City.