Grandma

Listening to Grandma feels like stumbling upon a private folder of audio files on a computer that hasn't been turned on in twenty years. It is deeply intimate, lo-fi electronic music that balances on the edge of collapse. The sound is characterized by tiny, fractured beats and melodies that seem to be disintegrating as they play, creating a sense of profound digital nostalgia and teenage isolation.

What makes this project distinctive is the way Connor Kirby-Long (Khonnor) uses glitch and IDM techniques not for cold experimentation, but as a vehicle for raw, heart-on-sleeve emotion. The vocals are often whispered and heavily processed, sounding less like a singer and more like a ghost trapped in the circuitry. It is the sound of early 2000s internet culture: lonely, creative, and beautifully unpolished.

Start with 'For Your Broken Heart EP' to hear the peak of this aesthetic. It captures a very specific moment in the evolution of 'bedroom pop' before the term was even popularized, blending the technical curiosity of Aphex Twin with the emotional weight of a singer-songwriter.