Henry Grace - Things Are Moving All Around Me *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 23rd January 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

'Things Are Moving All Around Me' is the first physical and highly anticipated
second album from rising British songwriter Henry Grace
Co-produced with Blaine Harrison of Mystery Jets, the album is a bold and moving
leap forward, shaped by the wide-open spaces of Grace's adopted California and the
intimate venues of his hometown of London.
Moving to California at 21, Grace played his first shows in small coffee houses and
clubs in Los Angeles and San Francisco. There he was introduced to the music of
artists like Bon Iver and Ray Lamontagne who helped shape his early writing and the
songs that would later appear on his 2022 debut album 'Alive In America' . Since
returning home to London, his music has been championed by the likes of Clash,
Under The Radar, Wonderland, Songwriting Magazine, Americana UK, Absolute Radio,
BBC Introducing and Mahogany.
'Things Are Moving All Around Me' has been an album years in the making. Grace and
Harrison first met at a songwriting retreat organised by Chris Difford at Pennard
House in Somerset in 2022. Stealing away to a quiet church across the road, they
wrote their first song together and, upon returning to London, started working on a
new batch of songs Grace had been writing and soon had the early makings of a new
album.
Unlike the stark and sparse arrangements from 'Alive In America', early demos hinted
at a new sound that was more transatlantic and, most noticeably, band-driven with
Grace joined by Harrsion on keys and backing vocals alongside Brian Love on guitar,
Tom Holder from The Heavy Heavy on bass and Toby Evangelou on drums. New
songs and arrangements were road tested in front of audiences at sold-out headline
shows including The Lexington, Omeara and The Jazz Cafe in London, alongside a
headline set at The Great Escape Festival and on the Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury.
In October 2024, as momentum started to build, the band decamped to Middle Farm
Studios in Devon to record the album.
From explosive opener 'Rust' to hooky first single 'Say Something Mean' and The War
On Drugs inspired 'Passing Through', there is a restless sense of yearning in each of
the album's ten tracks. This is a record of transitions. Of start and end points and the
places in between. Songs like 'This Is The Place' see the London born artist writing
about the city he grew up in and there are elements of Springsteen in the frustration
and isolation of his lyrics. In fact, Springsteen's 'Nebraska' was the inspiration for their
decision to record the song using a 4-track Tascam recorder. A richer, more layered
offering, 'Things' starts with just an acoustic guitar and vocal and grows into a warm
tapestry of sound filled with strings, synthesizers, wide- panned guitars, percussion
and the airy drone of wine glasses as he recalls the early stages of love amid a
cacophony of sound. 'Moving On', 'Medicine' and 'Leaving Song' remind us that we are
listening to a band playing live in a room. Drums spill out down vocal mics as the
warm fuzz of amplifiers and squeaky floorboards all become part of the sonic
landscape. 'California Rain' pays tribute to Grace's time in America while the delicate
final track 'Days Like This' tells the story of making roots somewhere new.

Tracks: Rust / Moving On / Say Something Mean / This Is The Place / Things /
Medicine / California Rain / Passing Through / Leaving Song / Days Like This

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