grandson Shares New Single "SELF IMMOLATION"

grandson SHARES NEW SINGLE “SELF IMMOLATION” 

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NEW ALBUM INERTIA OUT SEPT 5

 VIA XX RECORDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CREATE MUSIC 

NORTH AMERICAN INERTIA TOUR KICKS OFF THIS FALL

Hot off the heels of announcing his North American headline tour, which will kick off this fall, Los Angeles-based indie-rock powerhouse grandson (aka Jordan Benjamin) returns today with his blistering new single “SELF IMMOLATION.” The track premiered via FLOOD Magazine which praised its “powerful riffs that bring Tom Morello to mind.”

A searing preview of his forthcoming record, INERTIA - out September 5th via XX Records in partnership with Create Music - “SELF IMMOLATION” is a sonic gut punch. Driven by gritty guitars and pummeling percussion, the song sees Jordan unpack what it means to have a cause to fight for. “Self Immolation was inspired by the Palestinian liberation movement across college campuses, inspired by the late Aaron Bushnell who gave his life in protest of the actions of the very military he served, inspired by the dead students of Kent State 1970, and written about what it means to have a cause to live for, to die for,” he shares. “I wrote it with my friends, each of us playing an instrument live together, in a stoned, free, creative place in Andrew’s studio one afternoon, and it was a feeling we locked into across the whole album. It was a blast to create, and we all felt a great deal of purpose and meaning in the session that day.” Already an artist admired for both his unwavering social commentary and heartbreaking true life stories, grandson goes darker, harder, and is more uncompromising than ever before on INERTIA.

The new single follows the release of the album’s sharp and poignant first release, “BRAINROT,”a song about attacking apathy and societal conformity in the digital age. The track has already accumulated 6 million views and counting across socials since grandson first started teasing it and landed grandson a cover feature on Kerrang! Produced by Mike Crossey (The Killers, The 1975, 21 Pilots, YUNGBLUD), the new music marks an urgent, unfiltered chapter for grandson as an artist and songwriter, operating on his own terms and speaking truth to power.

This fall, grandson will kick off his North American headlining INERTIA tour in support of the new album and marks grandson’s biggest headlining shows to date across the United States and Canada. The tour will start in San Francisco at The Fillmore on October 21 and will include stops in Seattle on October 25 at ShowBox SoDo, Chicago’s Riviera Theater on November 1st, Los Angeles’ The Bellwether on November 19, Brooklyn’s Warsaw on November 17, Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on December 12, and will wrap in Montreal on December 13 at MTelus.  For tickets and more information, please visit https://grandsonmusic.com/. 

Of his headlining tour, grandson says, “This next chapter of grandson was built by and for the sweat of the crowd, the roar of our voice becoming one, the color of my bruise leaving the pit -  defiant, proud, cathartic and messy. INERTIA is the best version of grandson - a lifetime in the making and it’s gonna be f**king sick just like you’re gonna feel a sickness in your stomach watching videos later knowing you could have been there.”

grandson recently took over Los Angeles’ El Cid with a sold-out, blistering performance for a few lucky fans. 100% of the proceeds from this show benefited the Los Angeles LGBT Center, an organization that works to build a world where LGBT identifying people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society. Learn more at lalgbtcenter.org. Check out some video highlights from the show here. He also played sold-out shows in London and Hamburg, where thousands of dollars were raised for LGBTQ rights, migrant rights, and support for children in war zones. 

grandson North American Tour Dates

10/21/2025 - San Francisco - The Fillmore

10/23/2025 - Portland - Crystal Ballroom 

10/24/2025 - Spokane - Knitting Factory 

10/25/2025 - Seattle - Showbox SoDo

10/28/2025- Salt Lake City - Rockwell at The Complex

10/31/2025 - St. Louis - Delmar Hall 

11/1/2025 - Chicago - Riviera Theatre

11/2/2025 - Minneapolis - The Fillmore

11/4/2025 - Detroit - Majestic Theatre

11/6/2025 - Boston - Royale 

11/7/2025 - Brooklyn - Warsaw

11/8/2025 - Philadelphia - Union Transfer 

11/9/2025 - Washington - 9:30 Club

11/11/2025 - Atlanta - Buckhead Theatre

11/12/2025 - Nashville - Brooklyn Bowl

11/14/2025 - Dallas - House of Blues 

11/15/2025 - San Antonio - Paper Tiger

11/18/2025 - San Diego - Observatory North Park 

11/19/2025 - Los Angeles - The Bellwether 

12/3/2025 - Vancouver - Commodore Ballroom

12/5/2025 - Calgary - MacEwan Hall 

12/6/2025 - Edmonton - Midway Music Hall 

12/8/2025 - Winnipeg - Burton Cummings theatre

12/12/2025 - Toronto - Phoenix Concert Theatre

12/13/2025 - Montreal - MTelus

INERTIA is the sound of grandson becoming lean and ferocious. The overarching theme is a clamour for what he calls a “growing need for class solidarity that can be achieved by seeing that across any political spectrum, people stand to benefit from the consolidation of power in the hands of the many against the few.” That concept is set to music which pumps the heart before engaging the mind: colossal heavyweight riffs, raging, blood-vessel busting raps, soaring hooks, and the philosophy that music that fights for social justice should sound like a rallying cry.

grandson’s ambition for INERTIA was to pack it full of songs that demanded a place on future setlists. As such, it’s an album that grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go, defined by full-throttle blasters, punchy rap-rock grooves, and more. INERTIA is a different path to walk that will ignite mosh pits while provoking further examination of its themes, and one in which American politics is the context to connect with a broader, progressive international audience. “So many people are fighting for different things,” he concludes. “I believe that finding connection with one another, through music or otherwise, and making collective demands for a brighter, better future, can lead us to a more holistic way of living, thinking, and consuming. It all starts with a cathartic release of energy. Meet you in the pit.

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Photo Credit: Philip Shum