GRMLN
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| birth_name = Yoodoo Park
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| alias = GRMLN
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| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan
| origin = California, United States
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| genre = Punk, Lo-fi, Garage, Singer-Songwriter
| occupation = Producer, Guitarist, Songwriter
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| years_active = 2012–present
| label = Carpark
| current_members = *Yoodoo Park
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Yoodoo Park, known by his stage name GRMLN, is a Japanese-American musician.
Early life and career
Park was born in Kyoto, Japan and raised in Southern California. Park started recording and producing music during his early years under the moniker GRMLN. Even though the project started off as an experiment for recording, Park's songs quickly picked up internet buzz, getting written up by many popular music blogs in the US and the UK, including DIY Magazine. (interview with Prefix Magazine{{cite web|title=Prefix Magazine|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/features/grmln/prefix-artist-to-watch-grmln/69958/|website=Prefixmag.com|date=3 May 2022 }}) Park was signed to Carpark Records{{cite web|title=Carpark Records|url=http://carparkrecords.com/artists/grmln/|website=Carparkrecords.com}} (Washington, D.C.) during his first year in college (at the age of 18) with the release of Park's first EP Explore. GRMLN's first album, Empire, was recorded at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, California. Empire was released on June 4, 2013 via Carpark Records. GRMLN's second album, Soon Away, was released on September 16, 2014 also via Carpark Records.
GRMLN has toured and supported popular acts in the indie/rock scene including Geographer, Yuck, Born Ruffians, and Tijuana Panthers. After signing to Carpark Records, Park has released Explore (2012), Empire (2013) and Soon Away (2015) with the release of singles that were never released through vinyl ("Night Racer", "Void"). Park has since self-released Discovery, Out of Disorder, Afraid Of..., Explore II, Impressions From The Dark, Year of Isolation, Heavenly Bodies, Is It Really That Strange?, Non Classical, Goodbye, World, Morning Star, and Oni. Park has been cited as producer and mixer for all GRMLN albums released so far. Park's songs have been used in shows some including ABC's Revenge, Netflix's Shadowhunters, AMC+'s Pantheon, and Hulu's Difficult People. The most notable appearance of his work was included in the major gaming franchise 'Forza Horizon 2'{{cite web|title=Forza Horizon 2 Music|url=https://www.forzamotorsport.net/en-us/news/fh2_music_announce/|website=forzamotorsport.net}} which used the song "Teenage Rhythm" from GRMLN's album Empire (2013).
Park has since then self-released myriad records slowly gaining his reputation as a prolific artist.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
GRMLN is now based in America, Japan, and Australia.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Explore (EP){{spaced ndash}} October 2012 (Carpark Records)
- Empire (LP){{spaced ndash}} June 4, 2013 (Carpark Records)
- Soon Away (LP){{spaced ndash}} Sept 16, 2014 (Carpark Records)
- Discovery (LP){{spaced ndash}} April 7, 2017 (Self-Released)
- Out of Disorder (LP){{spaced ndash}} August 7, 2017 (Self-Released)
- Afraid Of... (LP){{spaced ndash}}March 18, 2018 (Self-Released)
- Discovery//Afraid Of... (Double LP){{spaced ndash}}May 11, 2018 (Self-Release)
- Explore II (LP){{spaced ndash}}May 24, 2018 (Self-Released)
- Demos//B-Sides (LP){{spaced ndash}}(Self-Released)
- Impressions From The Dark (LP){{spaced ndash}} August 28, 2018 (Self-Released)
- Year Of Isolation (LP){{spaced ndash}} October 29, 2018 (Self-Released)
- Heavenly Bodies (LP){{spaced ndash}} January 17, 2019 (Self-Released)
- Oni (LP){{spaced ndash}} February 10th, 2019 (Self-Released)
- Is It Really That Strange? (LP){{spaced ndash}} March 18, 2019 (Self-Released)
- Listening To Your Nightmares (EP){{spaced ndash}} June 22, 2019 (Self-Released)
- Non Classical (LP){{spaced ndash}} September 20, 2019 (Self-Released)
- Goodbye, World (LP){{spaced ndash}} March 1, 2020 (Self-Released)
- Morning Star (LP){{spaced ndash}} July 6, 2020 (Self-Released)
- Dark Music In The Sun (LP){{spaced ndash}} March 30, 2021 (Self-Released)
- Laughing Shadow (LP){{spaced ndash}} October 1, 2021 (Self-Released)
- American Boy (LP){{spaced ndash}} February 10, 2022 (Self-Released)
- Lost Days In Lake Biwa (LP){{spaced ndash}} June 17, 2022 (Self-Released)
- Dark Moon (LP){{spaced ndash}} January 4, 2023 (Spirit Goth Records)
- New World (LP){{spaced ndash}} June 21, 2024 (Self-Released)
Appearance in media
- "Teenage Rhythm" appeared in video game Forza Horizon 2.{{cite web|title=GRMLN music featured in movies, TV shows and video games|url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/grmln|website=Tunefind|accessdate=March 2, 2021}}
- "Dear Fear" appeared on ABC's 'Revenge'.
- "27 Kids" appeared on Netflix's 'Shadowhunters'. and AMC's Animated Series Pantheon
- "Superstar" also appeared on AMC's Animated TV Series Pantheon.
- "Coral" and "Void" appeared on Hulu's 'Casual'.
- "Evil Baby" and "Don't You Wanna" appeared on CW's 'Republic of Sarah".
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AllMusic|id=mn0002989789|title=GRMLN}}
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Category:American post-punk musicians
Category:Japanese rock guitarists
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Carpark Records artists
Category:21st-century Japanese guitarists
Category:Japanese emigrants to the United States