| Yorktown Heights | |
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| Released | 11 August 2014 (UK)[1] 23 July 2014 (JAP)[2] |
| Recorded | 2013 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 54:58 |
| Label | Popping Candy (UK) Victor (Japan) |
| Producer | Grant Nicholas |
Yorktown Heights was the only solo album by Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas. The album was released on 11 August 2014 in the United Kingdom and recorded during 2013, being a year after Nicholas announced at Feeder's final show of 2012 at the Brixton Academy that the band would be taking a break. It was with the first airplay of "Soul Mates" on the BBC Radio 2 show The Dermot O'Leary Show on 31 May 2014, that Grant's solo career made its radio debut.
Grant would tour the album at the end of 2014 after two one off shows before its release. After a 2015 tour, a mini-album titled Black Clouds was released before the "Everyday Society" single was released for Record Store Day, bringing Grant's solo career to a close. Feeder later resumed activity with their 2016 album All Bright Electric, and the 2017 compilation album The Best of Feeder which included new material on the bonus album Arrow. Both albums featured tracks originally intended for the solo album, but were re-recorded for Feeder ("Slint" and "Veins", which maintains the original vocal track). Some have yet to see the light of day, being "Rats" and "The Wall's Around Us".
Grant would in 2015 after bringing his solo career to an end, make this official by closing down Popping Candy and Big Teeth Music, before then closing down his solo career website and Twitter handle.