Alex G | Artist
Alexander Giannascoli aka Alex G is an American indie musician, producer, and singer-songwriter, born 1993 in Havertown Pennsylvania. He started his career with DIY self-releases on Bandcamp and began to gain attention with his 7th album Beach Music (2015), released on mainstream label Domino. As a teenager Giannascoli wrote and recorded music in his bedroom, producing a sound that channeled artists like Elliott Smith, Built to Spill and Pavement. After releasing a dozen combined albums and EPs on his own or on smaller labels, Beach Music landed on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and led to guitar spots for Frank Ocean. Giannascoli's sound is built on intimate lo-fi pop that combines strong melodic sensibilities and intimate vocals with an impulsive-sounding performance style. He is also known for diversions into recording experiments and noise. He retained his idiosyncratic, turbulent style even as he began working with collaborators, expanding his sound, and working in studios, as on 2019's House of Sugar. His fourth album for Domino, 2022's God Save the Animals found him working with a half-dozen engineers, each at a different studio, and all were given the instruction to produce their highest-quality recorded material, which makes this arguably G's most challenging album yet. Standout albums to-date include Race (2010), Trick (2012), DSU (2014), Beach Music (2015), House of Sugar (2019) and God Save the Animals (2022). He also wrote and performed the ambient/neo-psych soundtrack for the 2022 film We're all Going to the World's Fair. Giannascoli also cut an obscure album entitled N1 / Dreem Machine (2010) with a bunch of high school friends in a band called The Skin Cells. He also works with his sister Rachel Giannascoli (Gianna), in a duo called Mother, releasing a couple of EPs. On April 4 2017, the artist mysteriously announced the change of his stage name from Alex G to (Sandy) Alex G, with no further explanation. Then in June 2020, he dropped the "(Sandy)", returning back to Alex G.
Artist Website: sandyalexg.com
Featured Albums: Alex G
Related Artists: Sandy Alex G, Mother, The Skin Cells
