Grickle-grass

About

Science cannot explain why certain groups of musicians simply ignite in the presence of each other. Grickle-grass is such a band — perfectly combining the individual performances of singer/guitarist Kyle Kosieracki, bassist Joe Holland, and drummer Shawn Davis. Formed in the wastes of middle Minnesota in the early Nineties, Grickle-grass played hundreds of shows across the Midwest indie punk landscape, eventually entering a period of astonishing artistic growth that abruptly ended with the miraculous non-finale “Masons” in 2004. Kosieracki drifted away to roll out another project, Middlepicker, with sometimes Grickle-grass tour-joiner Bill Zastera, later of Collapsticator. For many years it was the ending we were left with. However, while reviewing the Grickle-grass archives preparing the catalog for re-release, a number of unrecorded songs were discovered. In late 2016 Royalty, Etc. summoned Grickle-grass to cut these tunes, reuniting them with old friends Choplogic to each contribute an EP to a new split release, “The Grickle-grass/Choplogic Split EP”, produced by common longtime engineer Mike Wisti. With a satisfying reunion under their belt, including amazing new tracks like “Tarnish Your Crown” and “Score!”, we may have seen the last of Grickle-grass… or have we?