Feeder’s Grant Nicholas on “Comfort In Sound”

About this episode

Grant Nicholas discusses the reissue of Feeder's album 'Comfort In Sound' and reflects on the band's journey over the past three decades.

The past 3 decades have brought their share of ups and downs for Feeder. They’ve enjoyed 11 top ten albums, and various hit singles, but had to weather the tragic loss of drummer Jon Lee in January 2002. It was against this backdrop that frontman Grant Nicholas returned to studio alongside bassist Taka Hirose to produce Feeder’s most poignant and life-affirming album “Comfort In Sound”. The album is getting reissue this month, and they will be undertaking a UK tour, playing the album in full for the first time. It’s a rare look back for the band, who have released 4 new albums in the last decade including a double album “Black/Red” which came out last year. Grant was a guest on the podcast a few years back, and I’m really grateful he was willing to come back on.

People in this episode

Guest: Grant Nicholas

Topics covered

• Feeder
• Comfort In Sound
• music
• UK tour
• album reissue

Keywords

• music history
• band dynamics
• album production

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Comfort In Sound

Books & works: Comfort In Sound, Black/Red

Places: UK

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