Grant Hart Returns w/Hot Wax!

First album in ages from the erstwhile Husker Du drummer.

By Blurt Staff

Hot Wax is the name of the forthcoming Grant Hart album, due October 6 from Con D'or Records and MVD Audio.

You know the name Grant Hart of course. Since Hüsker Dü's split in 1987, drummer Hart picked up the guitar and moved out front, issuing a number of  solo releases and also serving as a member of the group Nova Mob. He has found a place and function in visual and dramatic art forms as well. Hot Wax will be Grant's sixth solo release overall, a project several years in the making.

Joining Hart on the disc is a diverse cast of musicians from Godspeed You Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion, and Rank Strangers with the tracks being recorded in both Montreal and Minneapolis.

Hart explains the genesis of some of the material: "The song 'Narcissus, Narcissus' is my first attempt at combining ancient Greek mythology and American rock-a-billy. By merging those influences with an ice cream truck atmosphere I think I have found a style that defines this period of my career. 'You're the Reflection of the Moon on the Water' is one of the most organic rock and roll songs that I have ever written. Its style owes a lot to my devotion for Patti Smith. It was inspired by a comment made by a monk during the selection process to find the next Panchen Lhama, who said of one candidate, 'He is the reflection of the moon on the water but he is not the moon'."

See the cover art, below, as you mark your calendars