[Cover photo credit to Diego Diaz-Lundquist]

Singer/songwriter Grant Summerland has announced the Unnatural History EP II, expanding on the themes of the first EP by “delving deeper into the ideas of time’s passage, a distrust of nostalgia, and a changing West Coast.” A track from the EP, “The Ballad of Captain Chup”, is out now.

The EP was recorded at Retro Futurism Audio in Portland, OR with producer Joel Lane and mastered by Monte Vallier (Swell). Grant wrote and performed this entire EP with the exception of drums on track 2 and 4 by Jacob Bledsoe.

Summerland describes the “The Ballad of Captain Chup” as “A summer Springsteen-esque song dedicated to a changing West Coast”.

After spending his teenage years playing in bands in Santa Cruz, CA, Indie artist Grant Summerland emerged in 2020 with early demos and Bigfoot Museum, an entirely self-written and produced concept album depicting a coming-of-age horror movie set in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Over the past year, Summerland, along with his live band Grant & The Summerlands has consistently performed in the Portland and Seattle areas, including a tour from Seattle to Orange County and back up again this past Spring.

Looking ahead, Summerland is planning a full-length release later this year and will be touring the West Coast in May 2024. His bandmates are involved in other PNW bands such as Worms In Dirt (of which Summerland is a touring member), Unseen Object, and Holy Catholic Social Club.