Nana Grizol

Growing up in the South, Theo Hilton found both lonely solace and wide community in music. When he formed Nana Grizol in Athens, Ga., in 2007, he secured an outlet for expressing how confusion and constant pining became ingrained into a young, queer male in a small town. Despite Athens' liberal leanings and bevy of artistic collaborators, Theo walked in liminal spaces as a queer surrounded by straight people. Nana Grizol's first two records "Love It, Love It" (2008) and "Ruth" (2010) chronicled that mixed experience. With "Ursa Minor," the first Nana Grizol record in six years, Theo Hilton is unequivocally certain about who he is and what he wants to say. J D E A N C L E V E L A N DJ 'Dean' Cleveland plays in the band Martha, doing a rare solo spin for us lucky ladsT S H I R T W E A T H E RDurham's absolute boglins. Playing the best written pop punk you've ever damn heard and loving being together