Adam Gnade ( ) is a San Diego, California-born American musician and author currently living on a farm in rural Kansas. In his bio he defines his music as "talking-songs", which he describes as mixing the spoken vocals of

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songs with

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and

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influences. His work is issued as a series of records and books, which continue the stories of each other's characters and further develop plot-lines. Considered a regionalist writer, he writes mostly about

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, a bordertown city in

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, namely the area around the US/Mexico border, though many of his stories take place to the south of

in the city of

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, Mexico. Gnade also writes stories that take places across the continental US but according to interviews he's done these stories always reflect the Californian's experience on the road.

Biography

Originally from San Diego, California, and while living there, Gnade was an editor of the

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''Fahrenheit San Diego.'' After leaving San Diego in 2005, he lived in

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where he was the music editor for ''

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'' while his former partner, Jessie Duke, worked for

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Career

Musician

In late 2005, Gnade signed to the California-based Loud + Clear Records, toured the US, and issued ''Run Hide Retreat Surrender'', his first official full-length record after a series of

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, extremely

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CDs and cassettes. In 2006, he issued a set of limited run

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albums (''We Are Ghosts and Bones Down Stone-Walled Wells'' and the ''2'' CD single) expanding on his "talking songs" idea before signing a UK label deal with Drowned in Sound (also home to collaborators

Youthmovies Youthmovies (previously known as YMSS or Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies) were an English rock band active from 2002 to 2010. They consisted of Andrew Mears (guitar and vocals), Al English (guitar), Graeme Murray (drums), Stephen Hammond (bas ...

). Drowned in Sound released Gnade's EP ''Shout the Rafters Down!'' in November 2006, after which he toured Europe in support of the record, alongside

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, England's

and

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. Gnade also recorded a "talking song"-style track with Faux-Hoax in mid-2006, a

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band featuring Dave Allen, the bass guitar player of the 1970s British

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band

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, John Askew from Oregon

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group Tracker, and Danny Seim of

Menomena Menomena is an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, made up of Justin Harris and Danny Seim. Both members of the band share singing duties and frequently swap instruments while recording. In concert, Seim plays drums, while Ha ...

and

Lackthereof Lackthereof is the solo project of Danny Seim, a founding member of the Portland, Oregon-based band Menomena. History The first six Lackthereof albums were recorded at home and given out to Seim's friends on cassettes and CD-R's. In 2005, F ...

. The track, "Your Friends Will Carry You Home," was released on a 7" of the same name by

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in May 2009. The 7" also features members of Portland, Oregon's

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and 31 Knots. As of 2007, recent U.S., European, Mexican, Canadian, and United Kingdom radio singles included "Hymn California," "Honey Slides," "Dance to the War," "The Winter/Their Apartment," "Room for Three and the Bayou Summer," "Palaces," "Lanterns, Rakes, and Shovels," "We're Unknowing in the Crosshairs," "The Old Lover," "Snake Lore," "It's Five O'Clock in America," "We Must Come Home Again," and "We Live Nowhere and Know No One." 2007 saw a two-month US tour, a five-week tour of England and

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(alongside

, Jonquil, House of Brothers,

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, and

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), and the release of ''Honey Slides'', a collaborative EP with Youthmovies on the

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label. There was also a tour-only novella, entitled ''Seasons Loving Nothing'', that was available on the UK dates. His next full-length, ''Trailerparks,'' was released by

as a limited-edition, tour-only pressing in late 2008 in time for a three-week tour of Europe with

. In November 2008, the experimental label Blast First (Petite) released a Youthmovies EP entitled ''Polyp'' which features Gnade contributing lead vocals to two tracks, "Sad Trash" and "Become an Island" which also features contributions from Joe Shrewsbury from

65DaysofStatic 65daysofstatic (often abbreviated as 65dos, 65days, or simply 65) are a post-rock band from Sheffield, England. Formed in 2001, the band is composed of instrumentalists Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright. The band's mus ...

and Hugo Manuel of Jonquil. The resulting tour in November 2008 featuring both acts was called the Polyp Tour. On February 22, 2009, Gnade announced the release of a new EP. ''Island's Islands'' will be released on cassette and limited to just 100 copies. On his website Gnade revealed that each copy of the EP would be recorded separately and each would be completely different. Gnade's next record ''The Wild Homesick'' was released in May 2009 on the Punch Drunk Press label. In July and August 2009 Gnade joined the

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for a book tour. His tour diaries were published on the

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website and by the ''

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'' newspaper. In August 2009, Punch Drunk Press, released a three-way split CD album featuring his songs and the songs of Ohioan and COASTS. It is called ''Hello America!'' In January 2010, a new cassette EP, ''Surrenderland,'' was released by Punch Drunk Press. On January 31, 2010 he announced the release of a collection of rare tracks, ''From Farmhouses to Tour Vans.'' In August 2011, it was announced via the Lungs, Dirt, and Dreams website as well as via assorted media outlets that Gnade would be touring alongside Atlanta experimental country band Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters. On Gnade's website he announced there would be a special tour-only cassette featuring both acts as well as a split cassette featuring folksinger Megan Michelle. In June 2012, Gnade and folksinger Megan Michelle released a split album of acoustic songs via Punch Drunk Press. In May 2013, Gnade's recently recorded record, entitled ''AMERICANS,'' was released by the UK label Blessing Force. In September 2013, Punch Drunk Press released Gnade's latest EP, ''Greater Mythology Blues,'' recorded in Atlanta, Georgia with the help of his backing band, The Hot Earth All-Stars, featuring members of ''Brunch,'' ''Under White Pines,'' and ''Sydney Eloise and Palms.'' The record was released the following August. Two EPs, ''AMERICANS'' and ''Greater Mythology Blues'' and a single, the ''Locust House Excerpt'' featuring Three One G band Planet B (made up of members of

The Locust The Locust was an American hardcore punk band from San Diego, California, known for their mix of grindcore aggression and new wave experimentation. The band has been noted for their use of insect costumes when performing live. History Prio ...

, Retox,

Head Wound City Head Wound City is an American hardcore punk Supergroup (music), supergroup consisting of Jordan Blilie and Cody Votolato both of The Blood Brothers (band), The Blood Brothers, Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Justin Pearson (musician), J ...

Dead Cross Dead Cross is an American crossover thrash supergroup formed in Southern California. The band consists of guitarist Michael Crain ( Retox), bassist Justin Pearson (the Locust, Head Wound City and Retox), drummer Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Mr. B ...

), were released later in the summer. In March 2017, the

Three One G 31G Records, or Three One G, is a San Diego, California-based independent record label, started by musician Justin Pearson in 1994 and focusing on punk and experimental music. The label has released a number of albums and compilations in what has ...

label released Gnade's EP ''Life is the Meatgrinder that Sucks in All Things.'' His backing band was

Gabe Serbian Gabriel Serbian (May 1, 1977 – April 30, 2022) was an American drummer and guitarist, most famous for his work in The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, Holy Molar and Zu. He was also a member of Head Wound City, a hardcore/punk rock supergrou ...

and Justin Pearson of

and

with Luke Henshaw of Sonido de la Frontera. There were several announcements in January 2018. It also announced that Gnade would be releasing his next record, ''Voicemails from the Great Satan,'' via Justin Pearson's

label and would be supporting the record with a short UK tour with the reunited

. In August 2019, Gnade released a collection of acoustic demos entitled ''The Goddamn Marching Tide'' and toured behind the songs with the writer Nathaniel Kennon Perkins.

Author

In September 2008, DutchMoney Books released a novel of Gnade's writing that continues the stories of the albums' characters. It is called ''Hymn California''. A novella of connected material entitled ''The Darkness to the West'' was released in December 2008 via Punch Drunk Press. In 2011, Gnade released three novellas. ''California'' was released by Double Suns studio as a hardback book and ''The Heat and the Hot Earth'' and ''Hey Hey Lonesome'' were released by Punch Drunk Press. Released in July 2012, Gnade's latest novella was entitled ''The Growling Mouth,'' and it was released on the Punch Drunk Press label. In late 2012, Punch Drunk Press released ''The Hard Fifty Farm,'' a split chapbook featuring writing by Gnade and Microcosm Distribution/ Pioneers Press owner Jessie Duke. In spring 2013, Pioneers Press released Gnade's first work of nonfiction, ''The Do It Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad,'' which topped Powell's Books small press bestseller list in May 2013. Since its initial release as a zine, The DIY Guide has seen several changes with each new edition. It is now available as a perfect bound book. In 2013, Gnade released ''The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin’ Sad'' which was the top-selling small-press title at

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in 2013. In December 2013, Gnade's second novel, ''Caveworld'' was released Pioneers Press via its literary imprint Punch Drunk Press following a UK, including a series of

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festival dates, with the temporarily reunited Youthmovies. In January 2014, it was announced that his ''Do It Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherf**kin' Sad'' was

No. 1 bestseller in the small press section. 2014 saw the release of three new chapbooks, two new printings of ''Do It Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherf**kin' Sad,'' and a month-long book tour. In early 2015

small press section buyer

Kevin Sampsell Kevin Sampsell (born March 17, 1967) is an American writer living in Portland, Oregon. He has worked at Powell's Book Store since 1998 as an events coordinator and the head of the small press section. His memoir, ''A Common Pornography'', was pu ...

announced that Gnade's ''Do It Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherf**kin' Sad'' was the store's small press bestseller for 2014, an honor it was awarded with in 2013 as well. Winter and spring 2015 a 5th printing of the aforementioned book as well as releases of the chapbook series ''My Brain Was A Shark Eating Itself'' volumes 1 to 6 (as well as an e-book edition) and the chapbook ''And in My Dreams You're Alive and You're Crying.'' In January 2016 it was announced that Gnade's ''Do It Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad'' was once again the small press bestseller at

in 2015, this being the third year in a row at the No. 1 spot. A sixth printing of the book happened in mid-January. In April 2016,

and Pioneers Press issued his latest book, ''Locust House''.

announced Gnade's ''Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherf**kin' Sad'' book was its #1 small bestseller in 2017. In June 2019 it was announced that his next book, ''This is the End of Something But It's Not the End of You,'' would be released February 14, 2020 via Pioneers Press and

. ''Float Me Away, Floodwaters,'' a short novel, was released by

and Bread & Roses Press on January 5, 2021. During a West Coast tour in October 2022, Gnade announced his next book would be a novel entitled ''After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different.'' Its release date was January 5th, 2022 via ''Three One G'' and Bread & Roses Press. Gnade's novel, ''The Internet Newspaper'', was released in February of 2023 by

and Bread & Roses Press and was followed by UK and US tours. His latest novel, ''I Wish to Say Lovely Things'' will be released in February of 2024, again through

and Bread & Roses Press. This publication is third in the "Home and Away Quartet" that also includes ''After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different'' and ''The Internet Newspaper''. The final installment in the "Home and Away Quartet," entitled ''Your Friends Will Carry You Home,'' was released in January 2025 by Bread & Roses Press and Three One G.

Influences

Gnade has said in interviews and on his website that his music is influenced by

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Joanna Newsom Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. After recording and self-releasing two EPs in 2002, Newsom signed to the independent label Drag City (record label), Drag City. Her debut album, ''The Milk-Eyed ...

, noise recordings, field recordings, and old country music. In interviews he has said that his writing is influenced by

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Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only write ...

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, Ernest Hemingway, and

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Tour

Gnade tours regularly and generally plays solo or backed by a band. Recent tour-mates have included

, Jonquil,

, Blanket, and House of Brothers. He has performed on bills and festivals (including Plan-it-X Fest and various ATP dates) with

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, Starf*****,

Fuck Buttons Fuck Buttons were a British electronic music duo formed in 2004 in Bristol by Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power. Their noise-influenced work received wide critical acclaim in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Biography Origins (2004–2008) ...

, Angelo Spencer

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and

Lee Ranaldo Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" li ...

Godspeed! You Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock collective that originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also loca ...

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Les Savy Fav Les Savy Fav ( ) is an American indie rock band based in New York City. Their style is influenced by art punk and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington. The band is signed to Frenchkiss Record ...

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, Ghost Mice,

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, Castanets,

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, Dark Hills, Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters, Under White Pines, Sydney Eloise, Alana Amram, Virgin Forest,

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, George Pringle,

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, and many others.

Discography, Published Works

Full-Length Albums

*''Run Hide Retreat Surrender'' (2005, Loud + Clear Records) *''We Are Ghosts and Bones Down Stone Walled Wells'' (2006 self-release, 2008 Lazy Acre, 2008 Red Red Sun Records) *''Trailerparks'' (2008, tour-only limited edition release, Try Harder Records, wide release June 2010 Punch Drunk Press) *''From Farmhouses to Tour Vans'' (2011, collection of rarities, Punch Drunk Press)

EPs

*''Palaces/Whidbey Island'' (2007, limited edition double-EP/CD, Bad Drone Media 2007, Red Red Sun Records 2008) *''The Wild Homesick'' (2009, CD, cassette 2011, Punch Drunk Press) *''Shiv Shiv Shake'' (2010, tour-only reissue, Punch Drunk Press) *''AMERICANS'' (2013, Blessing Force, 2016

) *''Greater Mythology Blues'' (2016,

) *''Life is the Meatgrinder that Sucks in All Things'' (2017, with Justin Pearson's Planet B,

) *''Voicemails from the Great Satan'' (2018, with Demetrius Antuna,

)

Split Albums and Collaborative Albums

*''Adam Gnade and Ohioan'' (2006, Native Kin, limited edition split album with

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) *''Wilderness and the Holy Gold'' (2006, BelowPDX, limited edition collaboration with Argumentix) *''Hello America!'' (2009, Punch Drunk Press, three-way split with Ohioan and COASTS) *''Honey Slides'' (2007, collaboration with

Try Harder Records 2007 and Zankyo in Japan 2009) *''An Hour of Music with Adam Gnade and Megan Michelle'' (2012, Punch Drunk Press)

Singles

*"Prince of the Confederacy" (2006, split cassette release with Gang Wizard, DeathBombArc) *''Shout the Rafters Down!'' (2006, five-song digital EP single, Drowned in Sound's "Singles Club") *''2'' (two song single, 2006)

Cassettes

*''Island's Islands'' (2009, limited edition cassette EP, Punch Drunk Press) *''Surrenderland: You Could Quit Your Jobs and Run Away Like You Used to, Back When You Did Things Just Because, and Because it Felt Good to Run Away, and Because You Didn’t Worry so Much Like You Do Now… just Because and Leave the A**holes Behind and F*** ‘em Anyway, They Don’t Mean *S***'' (2010, cassette, Punch Drunk Press) *''Live on Simple Folk Radio'' (2010, Punch Drunk Press) *Split cassette, side a ''The Wild Homesick'' EP by Adam Gnade. side b ''Upon Awakening'' EP by COASTS (2011, Punch Drunk Press) *Split cassette, side a Adam Gnade (various live tracks), side b Megan Michelle (various selected tracks.) (2011, Punch Drunk Press) *Split cassette, side a Adam Gnade (various tracks), side b Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters (various tracks) (2011) *''Locust House Excerpt'' collaboration with Planet B (Three One G, 2016)

Compilations and Miscellaneous Appearances

*"Supper's Waiting on the Table" from ''Plan-it-X Fest 2016 Sampler'' *"Look at What the Light Did Now" (Little Wings cover) from ''Happy Birthday, K Records'' (

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, digital) *"Hymn California" from ''DiS is 6'' (Drowned in Sound sixth anniversary compilation, LP) *"Room for Three and the Bayou Summer" from ''We Made This, Portland'' *"T'was the Night Before Christmas" from ''Another Grey Xmas'' *"Snake Lore" from ''Loud News UK'' Magazine Compilation CD *Various tracks from ''Bad Drone Media Sampler'' *"Psalm" from ''Wood-Land Remixes'' *Lead vocals on "Sad Trash" and Become an Island" from Youthmovies EP ''Polyp'' (Blast First Petite) *Lead vocals on "Your Friends Will Carry You Home" from Faux-Hoax (members of Gang of Four, Modest Mouse, and Menomena) 7" (Polyvinyl) *"Robbie and Lauren and the Silver Sunrise" (with Argumentix" from ''Sonic Couture 2007'' (BelowPDX) *"Prince of the Confederacy" from DeathBomb Arc Tape Club Year Two Sampler 3-CD *"We're Sick It" from Invisible Children charity comp *"You're Just a Skull on a Body, Baby" from Backlash Magazine Comp CD *"Your Friends Will Carry You Home" (with Faux-Hoax) from ''Live from Nowhere Near You Vol 2'' (Greyday Records)

Books, Chapbooks

*''Seasons Loving Nothing'' (2007, limited-edition novella) *''Hymn California'' (2008, novel, Dutchmoney Books) *''The Darkness to the West'' (2008, novella, Punch Drunk Press) *''Hey hey Lonesome'' (2011, novella, Punch Drunk Press) *''The Heat and the Hot Earth'' (2011, novella, Punch Drunk Press) *''California'' (2011, hardback novella, Double Suns) *''They Will Stand On You and Spit'' (2012, split chapbook with writing by Adam Gnade and Bart Schaneman, Punch Drunk Press) *''The Growling Mouth'' (2012, novella, Punch Drunk Press) *''The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherfuckin' Sad'' (2012, Pioneers Press) *''The Hard Fifty Farm'' (2013, split chapbook with Pioneers Press owner Jessie Duke, Punch Drunk Press) *''Caveworld'' (2013, novel, Pioneers Press / Punch Drunk Press) *''Simple Steps to a Life Less Sh*tty'' (2014, chapbook, Punch Drunk Press) *''Friends, Get Wayward'' (2014, chapbook, Punch Drunk Press) *''Ringside: A Companion Piece to the Do-It-Yourself Guide to Fighting the Big Motherf***ing Sad'' (2014, chapbook, Punch Press Press) *''My Brain was a Shark Eating'', (e-book) (2016, Punch Press Press) *''And In My Dreams You're Alive and You're Crying'' (2015, chapbook, Punch Press Press) *''Locust House: A Novella'' (2016,

, Pioneers Press) *''This Is the End of Something, But It's Not the End of You'' (2020

, Pioneers Press) *''Float Me Away, Floodwaters'' (2021,

, Bread & Roses PressFloat me Away Floodwaters
/ref>) *''After Tonight, Everything Will Be Different'' (2022,

, Bread & Roses Press) *''The Internet Newspaper'' (2023,

, Bread & Roses Press) *''I Wish to Say Lovely Things'' (2024,

, Bread & Roses Press) *''Your Friends Will Carry You Home'' (2025,

, Bread & Roses Press)

References

External links

Official site
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