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grandson Announces Debut Album, Death Of An Optimist

Fueled By Ramen artist grandson will release Death Of An Optimist later this year.

grandson Announces Debut Album, Death Of An Optimist

Following his Modern Tragedy trilogy of EPs, grandson has now announced details of his upcoming debut album, Death Of An Optimist.

The Canadian-American musician – real name Jordan Edward Benjamin – will be releasing the record on December 4 through Fueled By Ramen, calling it “both an origin story and an obituary navigating hope, anxiety and the state of optimism in 2020”.

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To coincide with the news, grandson has unveiled new single Dirty, with a gripping video directed by Karl Junquist – check it out below:

The Death Of An Optimist tracklist is as follows:

1. Death of an Optimist // Intro
2. In Over My Head
3. Identity
4. Left Behind
5. Dirty
6. The Ballad of G and X // Interlude
7. We Did It
8. WW3
9. Riptide
10. Pain Shopping
11. Drop Dead
12. Welcome to Paradise // Outro

And the artwork looks like this:

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