Kellen of Troy is Kellen Wienrich, co-founder of the dearly departed Apache Relay. He's also played fiddle and performed live with Jenny Lewis, Mumford and Sons, The Wild Feathers, G. Love, The Devil Makes Three, JP Harris, Nikki Bluhm & Gill Landry, and has released 2 albums of his own music since 2017. Now he is back with his most impressive album to date, the ironically titled, Vanity Project - a title that captures the Nashville artist's ability to be simultaneously profound and self-deprecating. Despite the title, it's no vanity record; Kellen gets into the real stuff that the topsy-turvy, post-Trump era dishes up on a regular basis. The album is out March 13th and Kellen Of Troy will celebrate with an in-store performance at Grimey's the day before, Thursday. March 12th, at 6PM.

Vanity Project is high-grade pop for modern sophisticates. The name of the album captures the Nashville artist's ability to be simultaneously profound and self-deprecating. Despite the title, it's no vanity record; Kellen gets into the real stuff that the topsy-turvy, post-Trump era dishes up on a regular basis. With reference points that range from Jeff Lynne to Miles Davis to Randy Newman's still-relevant 1972 album Sail Away, it's political alright, and you'll learn new things about our dauntingly complex world, but Kellen's latest music has its own style, brio, and humor. In his universe, fun and meaningfulness are not mutually exclusive. The album was recorded in Nashville at The Nest, The Bomb Shelter and Wavy Cat Studios. It was produced by Kellen Wenrich, Ryan McFadden, and Grammy-nominated Adam Taylor, engineered by Ryan McFadden and Adam Taylor (Mick Ronson, Tanya Donnely), with assistant engineering by grammy nominated Andrija Tokic (Wreckless Eric, Alabama Shakes) and Jack Tellmann.

Join us for this free, all ages in-store performance. We'll have the new album available on vinyl & CD and you can snag one a day early.