John Grant

It’s been an extraordinary journey for John Grant, from a point where he thought he would never make music again or escape a life of substance abuse to winning awards and accolades, collaborating with Sinead O’Connor, Rumer and Hercules & Love Affair and having his music featured in the award-winning film Weekend.Grant has also never shied away from discussing depression, and new album Pale Green Ghosts is a show of strength and survival, of moving on with life, on what will continue to be an incredible journey. 'Moving to Reykjavik, at the age of 43, was incredibly risky and scary,' says Grant. 'I didn’t know anyone here, but I’ve built up a life here, and recorded an album I’m really proud of, that distils what I’m about down to its most essential components, better than ever before. And this was during the middle of health issues. It means I’m trying to take the bull by the horns, and to live.''It's hard to imagine a more enjoyable and rewarding hour of music being released this year than Pale Green Ghosts: self-obsessed but completely compelling, profoundly discomforting but beautiful, lost in its own fathomless personal misery, but warm, funny and wise.' The Guardian ***** (Album Of The Week)