Grapes of Grain: Painted Windows

Dutch Americana duo Grapes of Grain do a quite bit of genre-hopping on their new album Painted Windows. Whatever style they picked, whether it's alt-country, power pop of indie rock with a hint of garage, the melody always comes first. Singer-songwriter Alexis Vos usually gets the ball rolling, recording demos which he sends to his band mate Berend Jan Ike, who - as a multi-instrumentalist - can bring the song to the next stage. With that modus operandi there is ample opportunity to figure out ...