Last Place

Last Place

Grandaddy’s first album since 2006’s Just Like the Fambly Cat picks up precisely where they left off, with Jason Lytle detailing his romantic and existential anxieties over a bittersweet union of chugging, pastoral rock and sparkling electronica. On songs written during a difficult break-up, Lytle’s fragile vocal is heart-wrenching, whether he’s conjuring lovesick helplessness on “The Boat Is in the Barn” or planning to make a home on the roof of a big-box store (“Way We Won’t”).