Richard Lomax (AKA Granfalloon) first embarked on writing songs for a proposed year-long journal in 2014… a maddening yet rewarding journey that documented the fever dream of a chaotic year in the form of fifty-two pieces of music.

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This sonic journal rested until 2022 when 12 songs were reawakened, rerecorded under studio conditions, and released as Calendar - Volume I.  It was to be the first instalment of a triptych; it focussed on traditional songwriting, and not quite traditional storytelling, to chisel out small, beautiful moments. It showcases this non-traditional storytelling with subject matter like... the meta-narrative approach to the dangers to you and the relationships around you that writing can have, expressing love through mathematical formulae, and 8 year old girls catching bees in Tupperware boxes, all with a heavy dose of Richard Lomax’s absurdism.

 

This was followed by 2023's Calendar - Chapter II, a collaboration with fellow songwriter Lobelia. Chapter II was took the ideas, concepts and rough sketches of 2014 and rewrote them entirely, making new songs and fresh pieces of music with Lobelia. The album was recorded live with with Lomax and Lobelia singing and playing together in the same room.

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Now, a decade after its initial conception, Calendar - Phase III, completes the journey, taking those fifty-two ramblings, ideas, half-baked thoughts and overcooked dreams and turning them into a trio of albums.

 

Granfalloon was conceived in 2017 when songwriter and producer Lomax recorded the debut album, Down There For Dancing, with lo-fi drum machines, an Omnichord, and a guitar.

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The second album, RGB, was released in 2019. Lomax began working with a full band, weaving his oddball elements into dreamy songs and cinematic soundscapes. The album's singles were championed by BBC Introducing and 6 Music.

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In 2020-2021 Lomax began to find more reward in playing acoustic instruments with other human beings and Positive Songs, the third Granfalloon album saw a move away from electronics towards a more organic sound. Being written and recorded in 2020, it naturally has embedded in it, the yearning for the genuine connection that face to face musicianship can bring.

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Lomax has previously released two albums with Johnny5thWheel&thecowards (2010-2013) described as "a work of genius" by Whisperin' & Hollerin' and "one of the finest folk-pop records of the year" by God Is In The TV.

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Both albums were critically acclaimed in many blogs and listed in several as top albums of the year.

 

QUOTES

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“My kind of artist” - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

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"Granfalloon - what's not to love about that?!" - Chris Hawkins, BBC 6 Music

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"His songwriting style is absolutely crazy. I love it so much." - Will Wolstenholme, BBC Introducing

 

"Utterly enchanting" - Crack Magazine

"Music that wouldn't sound out of place in a Wes Anderson film" - Drunken Werewolf

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"like a mix of Beck and the Polyphonic Spree, trying everything they can find in a music shop."

- Wall of Sound​