If you heard Jenn Grant’s latest album, Love, Inevitable which was released back in June 2019, it turns out you might be done listening after all. The album had been recorded while she was preparing for the birth of her son, Gus, but the experience has apparently proved to be more than might be contained within a single album. Grant is currently working on a 5-song EP that extends the story she was telling on the album, and looks deeper into the emotions and experiences of her new role as a parent.
“I found childbirth and postpartum to be such an intense, overwhelming but also beautiful and sacred experience,” says Grant “It can be like all your worst fears and biggest dreams of life coming true at the same time. This song is about those moments before my son was born, and thereafter.
“I wanted to include some songs on this Reimagine EP to go with Love, Inevitable. It’s been such an all-encompassing experience around that record and the touring of it, that I felt a few more songs needed to be added to the mix. These were recorded around Nashville and at Echo Lake Recordings in Nova Scotia – kind of on a whim. I also wanted to extend the life of this beautiful album, by attaching something new to it, like a true EP can do.”
The song is as sweet as can be. It’s like a lyrical version of Robert Munsch’s book Love You Forever, in that it echoes backwards and forwards through time, full of joys and responsibilities and all the implications a child brings into the world with it.
“Happy Birthday, Baby” will appear on Jenn Grant’s Reimagine EP, which is set for a digital release on February 21, 2020.
Tour Dates:
02.14.20 – Halifax, NS @ Rebecca Cohen Auditorium
02.27.20 -Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
02.28.20 – Ottawa, ON @ National Arts Centre