Comments on: Q&A With Grand Duchy

By: JoeV

JoeV — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:51:05 +0000

Wow! This is good stuff! The songwriting is awesome. I’m liking the Gand Duchy music. When will you guys tour?

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:43:43 +0000

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By: Ismisha

Ismisha — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:30:36 +0000

I have to say we (my wife and I) love Petits Fours. Now I could be accused of bias as I’ve been a fan of Charles’ music from day one with Pixies and throughout his solo and band career with the Catholics. I do admit I was hoping it would be this good as the last two BF albums (all be they concise) were so amazing they were hard to follow, but Grand Duchy are an altogether different entity deserving of as much attention and praise. I adore Violet’s writing and vocals, a great album and an amazing duo of talent. I do home they come this way on tour

By: John B. Flushing

John B. Flushing — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:32:42 +0000

I am really enjoying the tracks I’ve heard from Grand Duchy. The Cure tribute I recently heard is also well done! The guitars and synths used in this project certainly compliment the sweet dark melodic vocals and I find this album relaxing yet stimulating. I learned early on to approach each Black Francis project with fresh ears and have yet to be disappointed. Why settle on one sound?

By: Joe Russell

Joe Russell — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:23:58 +0000

I’ve been a fan of Frank/Black/Charles almost since the beginning, and have loved all of his changes. Grand Duchy, though, may take some getting used to, to be perfectly honest. I am much more into the raw rock n’ roll stuff, kinda like what he was saying, where he was more likely to embrace the 60s garage stuff versus the real tidy poppy stuff. And I LOVED Bluefinger and Svn Fngrs (especially Bluefinger, it f-ing ROCKS, and is visceral and passionate and moving as well, and has quickly become an all-time favorite). So anyway, I guess basically what I’m here to say is that while I’m sure I’ll get used to Grand Duchy, being an intensely loyal long-time fan and all, and also being musically diverse in my tastes. But, I just hope he’s also gonna put out some more solo stuff too at some point. He’s NOT a ’stale old guy,’ because if he is, that means I am, and….. oh crap…. haha, well, maybe I am, too. But dude, you’ve been around over twenty years, so ya gotta figure that your oldest fans are starting to get, well, old! Either way, “I’m not ashamed to say I want rock n’ roll.” I even loved the folksy/country stuff from the Catholics or Honeycomb, etc. Just basically love everything the guy has ever done. Like LOVE! Favorite songwriter of all time, hands down. I feel like he’s borrowing shit from my brain or something sometimes, it just grabs me so much. So anyway, remember, there are also fans like me out here, who just love to hear you do your own thing as well, and who are first in line at the record store when you do and have been for years, because you’re the man. Thanks, rock on!

By: steve mensh

steve mensh — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:03:57 +0000

Hey Charles the blurb about the Ramones and Synths reminds me of the cool synths that were on the ” Howling at the Moon ” track on the ramones too tough to die album ….Safe Travels to you guys
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