Manatee Commune, the artistic moniker of Seattle’s Grant Eadie, has been charming listeners since 2015 with his unique blend of electronic melodies. His latest single, “Faulted,” is from his upcoming album titled, “Simultaneity,” which is set to release on July 19 via Bastard Jazz.
“Faulted” is a track that immediately captures your attention with its vibrant energy and catchy melodies. From the start, the production is polished, showcasing excellent mixing and mastering. Each element of the track is thoughtfully placed, creating a harmonious blend that’s both soothing and refreshing.
Manatee Commune’s distinctive musical style shines in “Faulted.” It’s a testament to his talent and creativity, and it’s clear that his music deserves more attention. With a history of wide acclaim, his upcoming album “Simultaneity” promises to be another strong addition to his discography. If you haven’t yet explored Manatee Commune’s music, “Faulted” is the perfect track to get you hooked.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Manatee Commune is the electronic project of Grant Eadie, a multi-instrumentalist from Spokane, Washington. A profound love of the ambient genre, an obsession with all forms of dance, and a foundation of classical training has molded Eadie’s sound into an earthy, busy, bright, and strangely familiar amalgamation of instrumentation. Though a violist since grade school, Eadie’s orchestral performance is often subdued, letting warm synths of the early 80s take the foreground of his compositions. Percussion is unequivocally live in nature: shakers, bells, tines, tambourines, and rain sticks clack and rattle through almost every track.
Eadie has been releasing music under Manatee Commune for over ten years, the first release coming from a freshman dorm room in 2012. This initial release was unexpectedly successful, with an enthusiastic embrace from the Seattle music scene which eventually invoked a full length album, Brush, from Eadie just two years later.
Brush was the first iteration of the essential Manatee Commune sound, a culmination of sonic concepts centered around field recordings, something Eadie had been fooling around with for years. The reception lead to another level in the music career path: touring with other up-and-coming artists, opening for well established acts, sparking a relationship with Brooklyn-based label Bastard Jazz, and performing consistently enough to develop a strong following around the live sets.
The following record, a self titled, twelve track album, shot Manatee Commune to the forefront of the Pacific Northwest music scene and onto the national stage. A perfectly effortless collaboration with producer and vocalist Jax Anderson became a summer anthem of 2016. Significant radio play, strong streaming numbers, and a budding social media presence put Eadie on a new echelon with opening slots for huge artists, consistent bookings with major festivals, and sold out tours.
Despite the momentum, the following three years proved to be a difficult period for Manatee Commune. In a musician’s tale older than time: the expectation to continue upward growth undermined the creative process, leaving Eadie anxious, unsure, and overly critical of his work. Hard drives loaded with song fragments were trashed and forgotten, while the pressure to consistently release quality content continued to rise. In an attempt to present as an effortless artist, Eadie developed a heavy reliance on amphetamines during the day and copious alcohol at night. The result was a twelve track album released in 2019 called PDA, consisting of two distinctly different styles of music, one being the signature sound of Manatee Commune, and the other a bland patchwork of pop influences and cliche techniques.
Following the album release was a year with a handful of headlining shows, a small national tour, and a few strong festival slots. The pressure subsided as the momentum for the project fell away, leaving Eadie a confused mix of heartbroken, strung out, and relieved. After piecing together a small EP, Crescent Lake, a collection of comforting textures made free of intention, Eadie began to surreptitiously back away from Manatee Commune as the daily tasks moved from studio time to higher education. COVID quickly followed, cinching Eadie’s resolve to follow another career path.
In 2023, after finding a fulfilling professional role, renovating a home in a small community, and marrying his partner, Eadie began casually collecting field recordings and crafting sonic compositions for friends and family. The practice ultimately revealed that the creative impulse had never truly vanished; it had merely been overshadowed by the fear of failure.
With the spirit fulfilled, and anxieties (mostly) squashed, Manatee Commune reemerged with a fresh take on the characteristic tone: mature, unfettered, calming, and distinctly personal. In this upcoming album, Simultaneity, Eadie explores the collision between texture and time. Captured recordings reminiscent of wind in wheatgrass, soft rain showers in the open plains, and cascading beach sand wash over the mix, splashing into warm drones and ascending melodies that cleanly syncopate against a steady rhythm. Though decidedly electronic at times, a raw human element is ever-present in the form of a vocal motif: just tiny moments of a loving voice lost in a sea of reverberation.
