AVAILABLE FOR IN-STORE PURCHASE ONLY CURRENTLY

Order an autographed copy of Ben Folds’ new album, What Matters Most, on limited edition Seaglass Colored Vinyl & CD, and come see Ben in the record store on Thursday, June 1st Wednesday, July 12th August 30th when he’ll be celebrating the new album with a Q&A and album signing! Wristbands are required for our signing for all attendees 12+; space is limited and wristbands guarantee entrance to our event. Read more about our 8/30 event with Ben Folds on our site here.

“More than anything, I wanted to make an album that was generous, that was useful,” says Ben Folds. “I want you to finish this record with something you didn’t have when you started.”

Indeed, Folds’ masterful new collection, What Matters Most, isn’t so much a statement as it is an offering, an open hand reaching out to all those wounded and bewildered by a world that seems to make less and less sense every day. Recorded in East Nashville with co-producer Joe Pisapia, the album marks Folds’ first new studio release in eight years, and it’s a bold, timely, cinematic work, one that examines the tragic and the absurd in equal measure as it reckons with hope and despair, gratitude and loss, identity and perspective. The songs are bittersweet here, hilarious at times, but often laced with a quiet sense of longing and dread: a text message goes unanswered; an old classmate descends into the dark depths of internet conspiracies; a relationship unravels in the middle of a lake. And yet, taken as a whole, the result is an undeniably joyful record that refuses to succumb to the weight of the world around it, an ecstatic reminder of all the beauty and promise hiding in plain sight for anyone willing (and present enough) to recognize their moments as they arrive.

Autographed copies of What Matters Most are available to order here on limited edition Seaglass colored vinyl and CD (including 3 bonus tracks), both of which are available exclusively at independent record stores. All orders for local pickup will also include a wristband for our album signing and Q&A with Ben Folds on Wednesday, August 30th. Due to the special nature of this release, orders are limited to two (2) per format, per customer household.

Orders for local pickup at Grimey’s are available starting on Friday, June 2nd. Preorders can be picked up any time before or on the day of our event with Ben on Wednesday, August 30th.

Preorders for mail order will ship out from Grimey’s on or around Friday, June 2nd.