Biography
Larkin Grimm crafts dramatic indie songs shaped by Appalachian folk traditions, resulting in a sound that resists simple classification yet stays unmistakably personal throughout her work. Memphis, Tennessee marks her birthplace, though she grew up largely in northern Georgia after living inside a Holy Order of MANS commune for her first six years. Time spent among musicians at her father’s shop in Dahlonega occupied much of her childhood, and as a preteen she would occasionally pedal her bicycle uphill to capture signals from a nearby college radio station. An art scholarship brought her to Yale, where she encountered Dave Longstreth and joined his band Dirty Projectors as one of its earliest participants. By then her brother Joseph Grimm had also begun releasing music under the name Wind-Up Bird.
She began tracking her debut album while still at Yale and issued Harpoon through Secret Eye in 2005. After settling in Providence, Rhode Island, she delivered The Last Tree the following year. Attention from figures within the freak folk scene, among them Devendra Banhart, led to a deal with his Young God imprint for her third record. Swans’ Michael Gira, who runs the label, served as co-producer on 2008’s Parplar, which enlisted fellow Young God act Fire on Fire as her supporting ensemble. Grimm subsequently left the label, relocated to New York City, wed artist Master Lee, and became a mother prior to issuing further material. Produced by Tony Visconti, Soul Retrieval appeared on Bad Bitch Records in 2012.
Northern Spy later signed her for a fifth album. Visconti contributed bass while the sessions adopted a lighter atmosphere than her earlier releases; captured live inside a Gowanus, Brooklyn space, Chasing an Illusion surfaced in 2017.
She began tracking her debut album while still at Yale and issued Harpoon through Secret Eye in 2005. After settling in Providence, Rhode Island, she delivered The Last Tree the following year. Attention from figures within the freak folk scene, among them Devendra Banhart, led to a deal with his Young God imprint for her third record. Swans’ Michael Gira, who runs the label, served as co-producer on 2008’s Parplar, which enlisted fellow Young God act Fire on Fire as her supporting ensemble. Grimm subsequently left the label, relocated to New York City, wed artist Master Lee, and became a mother prior to issuing further material. Produced by Tony Visconti, Soul Retrieval appeared on Bad Bitch Records in 2012.
Northern Spy later signed her for a fifth album. Visconti contributed bass while the sessions adopted a lighter atmosphere than her earlier releases; captured live inside a Gowanus, Brooklyn space, Chasing an Illusion surfaced in 2017.
Albums
