Grant Olney

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Grant Olney Passmore (October 18, 1983) is a singer/songwriter who has recorded on the Asian Man Records label. He is considered part of the New Weird America movement along with David Dondero, Devendra Banhart, Bright Eyes, and CocoRosie. His latest album, Brokedown Gospel, was released on the Asian Man Records label in July of 2004. He also releases music under the pseudonym Scout You Devil. His former projects were Substandard and The Record Time.

Alongside his music, Passmore is also a mathematician, formerly a student at the University of Texas at Austin and at the Mathematical Research Institute in the Netherlands. According to [1] , he is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

As a young child and early teenager, Passmore was involved in the development of the online Bulletin Board System scene, and under the name skaboy he was the author of many applications of importance to the Bulletin Board System community, including the Infusion Bulletin Board System, Empathy Image Editor, Avenger Packer Pro, and Impulse Tracker Tosser. Passmore was head programmer for ACiD Productions while working on many of these applications.

[edit] Discography

Albums

  • Let Love Be (single) - (2006 · Asian Man Records)
  • Brokedown Gospel - (2004 · Asian Man Records)
  • Sweet Wine - (2003 · MyAutomation Records - Asian Man Records)
  • Rough Sketches - (2003 · MyAutomation Records)
  • The Always - The Record Time - (2002 · MyAutomation Records)
  • Almost Always - The Record Time - (2001 · MyAutomation Records)
  • Dream in Color Dream in Sound - The Record Time - (2000 · MyAutomation Records)
  • The Complete and Total Guide - Substandard - (2000 · Good Guy Records)
  • Suburban Dreams - Substandard - (1999 · Good Guy Records)

Compilations