"Hi I'm Grant. I like to sleep on planes, my favorite Pokemon is Baulbasaur, I was really good at soccer in elementary school, and my big break was when I had the chance to be in a radio commercial when I was 8." - Grant Kwiecinski, otherwise known as the artist "GRiZ", via his Instagram last week.

GRiZ is a Michigan native, who grew up in Southfield, a suburb of Michigan. He attended college at Michigan State for several years, DJing at parties for his fraternity friends all over before deciding it was time for him to focus on his love for music. Kwiecinski and his record label, Detriot-based All Good Records, brings the sounds of motown soul, funk, new edge electronic, disco, and a brilliant ability to play the saxophone in a skillful blend that is sure to have anyone moving their feet.

Though GRiZ hails from northern roots, he has a large fan base in Austin, which is part of why I'm writing this article. His main promotion is good vibes through music. I would agree with the argument that good music is one of the few things that crosses language, cultural, gender, and racial barriers and overcomes them. Anyways, let's not turn this into a social or political discussion, because it's not. This article is written to celebrate the brilliance that is Grant Kwiecinski and his All Good Records team. He released his most recent album entitled "Good Will Prevail" last Friday, with several collaborations within. I'm here to review it. So without further ado, let's jump in.

First thing's first, give credit where credit is due. This is an amazing album. If you quit reading here and just go listen to it, I'll be happy, because I know he won't let you down. I've listened to the album multiple times since then, and shared it with as many music-lovers and non-lovers alike, and I'm 100% on positive reviews thus far. I've decided to group some of the songs by their respective styles, that each share the common denominator of funk and bleeding saxophone.

The album starts with "Wicked feat. Eric Krasno", a perfect sound for an album opener. It comes out slower with a big horn influence, while allowing the guitars to build, slowly turning into a festival-style anthem song. Next comes "Can't Hold Me Down feat. Tash Neal", which is contains a heavier rock influence. Regardless, the song intertwines the jammin' aspect of a traditional drumset, bass, lead, and rhythm guitar sound with a groovy, more modern sound.

Next comes the full extent of the "classic" GRiZ sound, so I'm gonna skip around a little bit. The songs "My Friends and I feat. ProbCause" and "I Don't Mind feat. Sunsquabi, Artifakts, and iDA HAWK" get a little heavier on the dub/electronic side, but it's evened out with his sax tunes and other funky styles he throws in, creating songs that remind the listener of some of his older songs. "The Anthem" and "A Fine Way to Die feat. Leo Napier" come to mind. The next two songs are "Feelin' Fine" and "What We've Become", which bring out what I consider to be the best of GRiZ. The female vocals in these tracks are relatively familiar to GRiZ' music, and helps build into a slow, groovy beat that could be easily played at a club, a festival, or out on the lake. GRiZ, as a producer as well as a song writer, takes time to meticulously build his song into these appropriate atmospheres, allowing the listener to feel the music grow along with them. Listen to both, and tell me if a calm feeling doesn't come in as the music heats up. In between those two comes a song written with Cherub, entitled "PS GFY". If you do not understand the acronym, a quick listen can solve that. This song presents a party environment to go along with it, and for Cherub fans this is an automatic win.

We'll hear more from Mr. Napier later on, so let's keep rollin' with his next track, a reworked older entitled "Good Times Roll". Haven't heard it before? Unlikely. Widely considered his most popular song, which has been featured during the NBA playoffs and at DKR Memorial Stadium here in Austin, has roughly 5 million more plays than any of his other songs. It's a collaboration with the larger Big Gigantic, although the two groups work together in the studio as well as live quite often. There aren't many changes, other than a slight voice rework around 3:00 minutes, and a slightly altered ending. Next show you see GRiZ at, (trust me he is everywhere) this unmistakable bass-line sends the crowd into a wild, uncontrollable fervor. Don't believe me? Just watch.

The 9th track in "Good Will Prevail" is a much different song that represents Kwiecinski's ability to slow it down and show off his wide array of muical abilities. It features collaborations with Eli Paperboy Reed and Louis Futon. This song features a steady 4/4 time with an essential 3 minute 23 second long sax solo. Next is "Rather Be Free feat. Muzzy Bearr", who is the guitarist that is often seen playing on song along with GRiZ. The two are longtime friends, and their styles complement the other wonderfully, so why not? this track is heavier on the dubstep again, but still mixes that funky vibe that many of his core audience enjoy.

How many times have I written the word "funk", by the way? Anyways..

The final three songs are some of my favorite, which leaves my number of favorites from the album at five... I guess we'll call that acceptable for an album as well-done as this one is. First, we have a bassline heavy "Gotta Push On feat. Basstracks and Eric Krasno", which blows me away everytime I listen. The bass, guitar, and sax combinations flow and blend together to create a groovy and soulful track. Add to this the chorus of singers throughout the song, and boom, one of GRiZ' best produced song on the album, if not the best, is made. This one definitely hits home, and it's a great track in every aspect. Then we have our friend Leo Napier, who comes back to collab with Grant on a track called "Before I Go". If this song doesn't have your feet moving by the time the full chorus comes into effect, I'm not sure who can help you. Finally, GRiZ released a slow-style soul, almost sexual track entitled "Driftin' feat. Son Little", that leaves the listener in awe of such a finish to such a perfect album.

To recap, GRiZ is a young man that took his gifts and turned them into a positive movement that is finally beginning to sweep the nation. He's performed at venues and festivals all over the country; including every large city you can think of, as well as: ACL, Summer Camp, Electric Zoo, Electric Forest, Hard LA, TomorrowWorld, North Coast Festival, Decadence, SnowBall, Lollapalooza, and Shambhala. Thanks Wikipedia for the help on that one. He collaborates with any artist who shares the will to be happy and create great music for the world. He's also created his own weed strain. At the end of the day, anyone who can make music like he does, can play a sax like that, promotes happiness as a religion, and even uses his fan clubs, GRiZFam and Liberators, to support charity, deserves a chance from anyone.

In case you're still skeptical, check out this video of him at Lollapalooza 2016, which I was fortunate enough to attend. I highly recommend you check out his music and tour dates. And for you Austin, TX people, grab your tickets to see him at Emo's on October 19th here.

Find GRiZ' 2016 tour info, charity info and other related news on his site here.

Listen to GRiZ on Soundcloud, or on Spotify.

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