Grasspig

Members
Sean Benham
About

1997-present. Grasspig is the works of Sean Benham. Initially based on lo-fi indie music, the sound has changed a bit over time becoming more electronic. Originally starting in Bloomington, Grasspig has moved around and played a couple of shows in Bloomington and Chicago, as well as living in Providence for several years before returning to Chicago. For more info, visit http://grasspig.com/ ALBUMS: Superalteregomanicism (1998) Beyond Cryptic (1998) Somewhere Between Over There (1998) Let it Snow (1999) Muhammed Chin (1999) Sunny, Mid-70s (2000) Central Plains (2001) Silent Running (2005) Frame by Frame (2013) Beneath Scraping Branches (2016)

Genres
Alt-Rock, Experimental, Folk / Acoustic, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, New Wave

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Albums

Beneath Scraping Branches

11 songs

 Grasspig's tenth album. Chicago, IL.

Available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Match Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, and many other for download or stream. 

Listening for the Stream
Taking the Waves
Sees What She Sees
The Roads
Ladder to the Fog
Sometimes a Smile
Distance
Oomingman
You Are Always Everywhere
Truly Madly Spangled
Passageway

Frame by Frame

8 songs

The ninth album and first since the 2005 release of 'Silent Running'.

Released 24 June 2013 Grasspig is Sean Benham. Written, produced, engineered, and cover art by Grasspig. Recorded in Chicago, IL at Flight Path Studios. Mastered by Carl Saff, Saff Mastering (saffmastering.com).

Available on Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Match Google Play, Spotify, Amazon, and many other for download or stream.

 

Frame by Frame
4:50
See it in the Eyes
6:08
Voight-Kampff
6:14
Get Over the Hump
5:56
Losing Time (It's on my Mind)
7:18
The Edge of Human
6:16
Stop and Deliver
6:26
Questionable Things
6:33

Silent Running

6 songs

Eighth album release by Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Providence, RI.

Looking Down on Arkham
2:47
This Desert Island
3:58
Inspiration From Nightmares
4:06
How Can Strangers be so Strange?
4:21
That Which Doesn't Kill Us Only Makes Us Weaker
3:53
The Not So Grassy Knoll
3:51

Central Plains

4 songs

Seventh album release by Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Chicago, IL.

around in circles we go
4:17
the smashing somersault
4:14
between two turns
8:36
life before wheels
3:12

Sunny Mid 70s

13 songs

Sixth album release by Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Chicago, IL.

sunny, mid-70s
5:22
above the treetops
4:28
japanese jet packs
6:43
where is my daughter?
3:44
rural life beneath skyscrapers
3:28
running
3:50
legoland
4:58
what language do you speak?
4:52
heart and soul
7:30
just underneath the surface
3:36
ladder to a branch
5:28
world keeps spinning
3:52
former inhabitants and winter visitors
3:12

Muhammed Chin

10 songs

 Fifth album release by Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Chicago, IL.

esper guild
8:01
hydrogen, oxygen, and soul
7:21
doin' the thing that's that
6:00
the art of not
4:03
in response to pretense
2:15
trash on milwaukee
7:46
bloomington
2:09
the candle we burn
5:54
grasspig
5:54
withdrawal
7:03

Let It Snow

10 songs

 Fourth album release by Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Chicago, IL.

let it snow
5:21
on the train again
4:54
the man near the lake
5:51
and once I was two
7:44
silver
1:46
hello
2:33
the earth is flat
6:50
we will all go out to sea
6:40
recycled thoughts
4:59
I will come again
8:37

Somewhere Between Over There

10 songs

 3rd album release by Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Bloomington, IN.

you are so much more
4:55
selling out
5:38
30!
4:12
cara
4:23
apes
5:08
hill full of sand
3:15
forecast unknown
5:10
brilliant kingdom of grayscale
8:19
on the edge of illusions & sky
8:19
somewhere between over there
4:13

Beyond Cryptic

8 songs

 2nd album from Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Bloomington, IN.

lost
3:22
12:06 telephone
3:30
tractor beam
6:08
again
1:53
romanitize
3:02
what will tomorrow say?
3:17
commander-in-chief
4:23
download
4:17

Superalteregomanicism

11 songs

 Debut album from Grasspig. Sean Benham is Grasspig. Recorded in Bloomington, IN.

world war terminus
5:31
it's got to stop!
6:05
building the accumulator
6:01
nestle quik
6:39
touch and believe
5:24
otherside
3:07
night romantics are back and outside your window
1:14
in too deep
3:08
just be me
5:07
curious chinese flavour
2:58
enamored city
5:17