* En anglais uniquement
A Seattle-based rapper who is heavily influenced by the indie hip-hop duo
Atmosphere,
Grieves was born in Chicago. Thanks to his arts-loving father, he was introduced to the city's jazz clubs at a young age, but after moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, he had to wait until he turned 19 to land in a city with a more suitable musical climate, Seattle. It was there that his love of punk and hip-hop flourished, especially the latter, thanks to a fertile local community and a home studio. Following the 2005 EP Every Hell Has Its Springtime,
Grieves' debut full-length,
Irreversible, appeared in 2007 with a special guest appearance from underground favorite
Mr. Lif. A year later, his album
88 Keys and Counting arrived, featuring backing tracks from producer Budo.
Atmosphere's Rhymesayers label gave
88 Keys a wider release in 2010, and also issued
Grieves'
The Confessions of Mr. Modest EP that same year. Budo was back for 2011's
Together/Apart, which was packaged with a DVD containing a documentary and music videos.
Grieves' 2014 release,
Winters & the Wolves, was a conceptual coming-of-age album that he co-produced with B. Lewis. After guesting on
Atmosphere's 2016 single "Fireflies,"
Grieves released his fifth full-length,
Running Wild, in 2017. ~ David Jeffries