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Career

Grieves released his first album, ''Irreversible'', independently in 2007. In 2008, Grieves teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and producer

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, with whom he would release his next two albums: ''88 Keys & Counting'' in 2010, and '' Together/Apart'' in 2011. ''Together/Apart'' debuted at #112 in the Top 200 Album Sales, marking his first appearance in the Top 200. Grieves, along with Budo, performed at South by Southwest 2011 and also at Warped Tour 2011. His music has also been featured in '' Real Detroit Weekly'', ''

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''. His fourth album, '' Winter & the Wolves'', was released on March 25, 2014. It peaked at number 57 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Irreversible'' (2007) * ''88 Keys & Counting'' (2010) * '' Together/Apart'' (2011) * '' Winter & the Wolves'' (2014) * ''Running Wild'' (2017) * ''Canopy'' (2021)

Compilation albums

* ''The Falling Off Your Shoes'' (2009)

EPs

* ''Every Hell Has Its Springtime'' (2005) * ''My Girlfriend Beats Me EP'' (2008) * ''The Confessions of Mr. Modest'' (2010) *''The Collections of Mr. Nice Guy'' (2019)

Singles

* "Unedible" (2007) * "Lightspeed" (2011) * "Bloody Poetry" (2011) * "On the Rocks" (2011) * "Shreds" (2014) * "Serpents" (2014) * "Ain't Nothin'" (2014) * "Cougar Catnip" (2015) * "Back at Em" (2018)

Guest appearances

* Type - "Walkin' My Path" from ''Mustache Immaculate'' (2007) * Type - "Days Like This" and "Hypeman" from ''Well Known Secrets'' (2007) * Kublakai - "Torn Down Torch" from ''The Basics'' (2008) * The Let Go - "Searching For" from ''Tomorrow Handles That'' (2008) * Unknown Prophets - "Hate Face" from ''Le System D'' (2009) * Mac Lethal - "Hold Me Down" and "Fuck Mac Lethal" from ''Crown Prime Rib Mixtape'' (2009) * CunninLynguists - "Close Your Eyes" from '' Strange Journey Volume Two'' (2009) * Engineers in Your Ear - "Honest Microphone" from ''Till the Clouds Run Dry'' (2010) * MC Lars - "#busbros" from ''Indie Rocket Science'' (2011) *

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- "Exquisite Corpse" from ''

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'' (2016) * Darenots - "911" from ''The Now Is Truth'' (2016) * Spose - "Take You Home" (2017) * Chris Webby - “Prayer Hands” (2020)

Productions

* Type - "Days Like This", "Everybody Says", "Hypeman", and "She Was an Escort" from ''Well Known Secrets'' (2007)

References

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