Menagerie

Released 10/18/2024 on La Reserve Records

A Musical Odyssey

Grant Richards’ Menagerie is an expansive collaboration between a host of talented NYC musicians and songwriters. Recorded in 2023 at Keyboard Heaven in Brooklyn, this 15-track album is a genre-bending journey that has raked in over 200,000 streams across the globe since its release.

Album Info

    1. By the Water [feat. Julia Easterlin] - 3:37

    2. Moving [feat. Julia Easterlin and Michael Mayo] - 4:05

    3. One - 3:17

    4. Blaze of Glory - 3:23

    5. Bugle Song - 4:58

    6. C Minor Joint - 3:35

    7. Everybody’s Afraid (of Being Seen Doing Nothing) [feat. Michael Mayo] - 5:08

    8. Asunder [feat. Vanisha Gould] - 5:08

    9. Two - 1:13

    10. Pretty Medication - 3:16

    11. Eventide Aria - 5:04

    12. Conversation - 4:18

    13. Three - 1:27

    14. Dearly Departed - 4:06

    15. Green Thumb [feat. Sami Stevens] - 4:05

    Total Runtime - 56:48

  • Julia Easterlin - vocals (tracks 1,2), lyrics (tracks 1,2,11)

    Michael Mayo - vocals (tracks 2,6), lyrics (track 6)

    Vanisha Gould - vocals, lyrics (track 10)

    Sami Stevens - vocals, lyrics (track 12)

    Grant Richards - vocals (track 11), piano, keyboards

    Tamir Shmerling - bass

    Diego Ramirez - drums, percussion

    Devon Yesberger - organ, vibes, additional keyboards

    Kazemde George - tenor saxophone (track 2)

    Chase Potter - violin, viola (track 10,11)

    Tiger Darrow - cello (track 10)

    Jeremy Loucas - sound design, mixing, mastering

  • It started with a simple concept: short earworm songs, cool harmonic elements, as many friends involved as possible. Across six months, that initial seed blossomed into a wildly imaginative 15-track LP with 12 different artists contributing sounds, and a new gem in the world of jazz crossover songwriting.

    Contemplative pop boom-bap, aggressive blast beat rock jam, Zelda vibes, Stevie-esque plant odyssey — for each song on his new album MENAGERIE, Grant Richards wrote a sonic description. These are just a few of them. With over 200,000 streams since it’s release, audiences all over the world have been enjoying the tapestry of songs presented on this album.

    Available to stream everywhere now and soon on vinyl!

Singles Artwork

Live in the Studio

Eventide Aria feat. Tamir Shmerling (b), Diego Ramirez (d)

Recorded at Keyboard Heaven Studios in Brooklyn, NY

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